Developer skills outlook for 2007 and beyond
Having a flick onto BuilderAU this morning I read an article titled “Developer skills outlook 2007: What’s hot for employers?” which covered a fair few technologies. Namely mentioned amongst the mix was Java, C#, PHP, Web2.0 and Flex. Most the article and its interviews stresses the importance of mixing technologies to stay competitive and unique, and to constantly learning new technologies to spread your risk (in the sense of a technology you invest too much time into become obsolete).
Hmmm what about .Net???
I think this is a definite if you plan to move into the commercial side of things
Comment by Richard Lee — November 9, 2006 @ 9:39 am
.NET is a framework, C# is (one) of the languages, just like Java has JEE, EJB, Struts, JSF, etc etc.
A mix of technologies is good, not to get too comfortable with just one.
Java/PHP/Flash is a great combination
Comment by Cameron Manderson — November 9, 2006 @ 12:17 pm
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