Java vs .NET

[rootsnall]

having said that, it doesn't really matter what your skillset is, as you'll still get emails every day from agents offering 30 - 35k to be a VBA / Sql Server developer in Swindon. (or is that just me?)

Don't ever put Ada on your CV as you'l then also start receiving 30 - 35k Ada developer Sth Coast ones aswell and they never stop !

[sunnysan]

TDD and design patterns

[quote=lambrini_socialist;541706]if you're into TDD and design patterns, please do come over to .NET as there are still far too many drag-n-drop forms cowboys in circulation.
[quote]

Judging by the interviews I have been to the cowboy thing is a thing of the past. Even at sen dev level they want knowledge of Agile Methodologies, testing frameworks, all design patterns, very good UML skills etc etc

Got a shock when I started interviewing again, no room for bulltulip

[chicane]

Judging by the interviews I have been to the cowboy thing is a thing of the past. Even at sen dev level they want knowledge of Agile Methodologies, testing frameworks, all design patterns, very good UML skills etc etc

Bob Shawadiwadi has all this and more - looks like it's the bench for you.

[NickFitz]

Don't ever put Ada on your CV as you'l then also start receiving 30 - 35k Ada developer Sth Coast ones aswell and they never stop !

I got an email looking for a Forth developer the other year - a language I last used in a professional capacity in 1989

[man-in-blue]

Stick with the dark side but take on a specialism otherwise you'll get seeking .net/sharepoint/sps/moss architect/developer gigs thrown at you for the rest of eternity as the sales bodies at ms just lurve to sell it as a panacea for all the world's IT problems and i don't know anyone who actually likes it other than the punters.

Of course if you want to settle on a really fat vein for a few years, Seeking c# .net MS Office SharePoint Server BizTalk expert gigs are a callin!

[sunnysan]

Bob

Bob Shawadiwadi has all this and more - looks like it's the bench for you.

I will blow Bob out of the water with exquisite quality and much cheapness.

[oracleslave]

I will blow Bob

Do you build that service into your daily rate?

[sunnysan]

No

Do you build that service into your daily rate?

I subcontract that service to out of work oracle developers hit by the credit crunch.

[oracleslave]

I subcontract that service to out of work oracle developers hit by the credit crunch.

Whew relieved I am not an oracle developer then