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- From: rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop))
- Subject: Re: experienced NeXTSTEP programmer shortage
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.153631.17435@dvorak.amd.com>
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- Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas
- References: <1g8e59INN1p9@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 15:36:31 GMT
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- In article <1g8e59INN1p9@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell)
- writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>I imagine many of you are noticing that there seems to be an increasing
- >>shortage of experienced NeXTSTEP programmers. I've been receiving phone
- calls
- >>with increasing frequency from NeXTSTEP consultants looking for experienced
- >>NeXTSTEP programmers. They seem to be getting more exasperated and have more
- >>unfilled positions each time I talk with them.
- >>
- >>This bodes well for NeXTSTEP's future, up to a point. NeXTSTEP sales must be
- >>increasing. The current Open Systems Today profiles the very positive
- >>experience of a company migrating from the mainframe world to the UNIX
- >>workstation world, with NeXTstation Turbos chosen as the front-end machines
- >>with IBM RS/6000 database, email, and file servers. InfoWorld, Unix World,
- >>Unix Review, and even Byte are actually mentioning NeXT in positive terms
- (even
- >>if most of them insist on writing "Next"). And when NS 486 hits the streets
- >>(or even after large orders have been placed - NeXTSTEP programmers are
- already
- >>at Chrysler Financial using NeXT hardware until NS 486 arrives), the demand
- for
- >>programmers should increase dramatically.
- >>
- >>I say, "up to a point" because if good NeXTSTEP programmers just aren't
- >>available, this might lead to rejection of a NeXTSTEP solution for many
- >>companies.
- >>
- >>I was pretty conservative in my approach to becoming a NeXTSTEP programmer by
- >>taking a conventional C/UNIX programming job until I felt the NeXTSTEP
- >>programming market was sufficiently strong to break away from the drudgery.
- >>This was in September, 1991, and I've been a fully-contracted NeXTSTEP
- >>developer ever since.
- >>
- >>So now's the time for you to go for it! Unfilled positions are begging for
- >>your expertise, especially if you're a little flexible about your location
- and
- >>especially if you have experience. So if you're still in school, pick up
- >>NeXTSTEP Programming by Mahoney and Garfinkle and work through all the
- >>examples. Spend all your free programming time in front of your university's
- >>NeXTstations. Getting that first job is never easy, but any level of
- NeXTSTEP
- >>knowledge is in demand and the demand is growing. Go to Timbuktu if you have
- >>to in order to get that first NeXTSTEP job. After a year, you'll be
- >>experienced and will be able to move on if you prefer.
- >>
- >>If you're a C/UNIX programmer, buy a NeXTstation with developers docs
- (there's
- >>some pretty cheap deals in comp.sys.next.marketplace) and learn NeXTSTEP at
- >>home in the evenings and weekends. Then make the switch and get a fun job
- for
- >>a change :-)
- >>
- >>The momentum's building! Get in near the ground floor. Take a small risk.
- >>You'll never look back.
- >>--
- >>
- >>Art Isbell Cubic
- Solutions
- >>NeXT Registered Developer #745 NeXT software development and
- consulting
- >>NeXTmail: isbell@cats.UCSC.EDU Voice:
- (408)335-1154
- >>USmail: 95018-9442 Fax:
- (408)335-2515
-
- That's exactly what I'm doing ! (plus a little Smalltalk). The book's
- in the mail and the station's at home :)
-
- Now, anyone want to gimme' $1500.00 for DevCamp :-) :-)
-
- --
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