Where are all the decent C++ contracts roles gone??

[suityou01]

Go will replace C/C++ for lower level stuff, C#,Java, Python for everything else.

Java is for girls.
Python is for mentalists that like to count the number of spaces used for an indent.

[BlasterBates]

yup banks, which is where the decent paying contracts are, are moving to cheaper standard solutions such as murex or using offshore development. The old days where banks employed armies of c++ contractors are disappearing.

There are still a few contracts around, but getting less.

[kal]

We managed to kill it finally. It was a bit of a pain in the ass with pointers and what not and memory stuff going on. Just made it difficult to build anything with that. C# is the new C++, its groovy.

No its not, groovy is the new Java

[BlasterBates]

We managed to kill it finally. It was a bit of a pain in the ass with pointers and what not and memory stuff going on. Just made it difficult to build anything with that. C# is the new C++, its groovy.

Interestingly all the memory leaks in our 50% C++ 50% java applications are in the Java apps.

The trouble is in Java is when you have a memory leak it's very difficult to locate.

[sal]

Looks to me you have highlighted the reasons why and answered what you need to do about it all in one post.

+1

[suityou01]

Did you ever find a good way to remotely debug a Windows Service? I wrote one of the first time the other day - they're a bit of an arse, aren't they?

Nah piece of piss.

[darmstadt]

Nah piece of piss.

Ah, the 'Wet Shoe' school of programming, evolved from the 'Waterfall' method...

[MicrosoftBob]

Java is for girls.
Python is for mentalists that like to count the number of spaces used for an indent.

If you use a decent text editor it does the indentation for you, as any fule knows

[d000hg]

Go will replace C/C++ for lower level stuff, C#,Java, Python for everything else.

Go will be consigned to the Google dustbin alongside all the other stuff they launch and then get bored of. And Python has been "the next big thing" for a decade while failing to make serious inroads - it seems JavaScript is eating Python's niche (though why on earth anyone wants to use JS I cannot imagine)

For low-level stuff C++ is still best. But there is less and less low level stuff needed.

[d000hg]

Hi all,

Is it me or is it this time of the year, I can't seem to find a decent C++ contract role?

Just this minute I received an email about a £450/day role in Nottingham.