Which dev skills have the longest shelf-life?

[eek]

louie has got skills

Are we sure about that

[MyUserName]

C++ has kept me going for years. I have smatterings of other skills but this is my main one, along with being able to get along with people and have a laugh.

Lots of large legacy systems that no one want to pay to upgrade.

Also, no one seems to want to do C++ anymore. Everyone is off doing exciting stuff with C# and HTML5 etc so there is not as much competition.

[louie]

Are we sure about that

mad skillz

[kingcook]

I've been pretty much off the bench continuously since 2002 using perl and more recently python, along with the usual webby stuff and SQL, and there's no sign yet of perl, or even less, python tailing off.

(Ever since I started using perl in 2002, perl 6 has been hovering in the background. But unbelievably I gather it is still nowhere near ready for release. Probably never will be now.)

I've been in constant work with Perl for the past 2+ years as a contractor, although I never know how I always manage to get a gig. Whenever I check jobserve.com/etc, there's hardly any Perl gigs. Maybe I need to look a bit further!!

I've been working with Perl since 1999.

I get you with Perl6 - I don't think it will ever be released.

[eek]

I've been in constant work with Perl for the past 2+ years as a contractor, although I never know how I always manage to get a gig. Whenever I check jobserve.com/etc, there's hardly any Perl gigs. Maybe I need to look a bit further!!

I've been working with Perl since 1999.

I get you with Perl6 - I don't think it will ever be released.

Perl6 was six months away from release back in 1997. I don't think that will ever change (mainly because Perl 5 works)

[nomadd]

Perl6 was six months away from release back in 1997. I don't think that will ever change (mainly because Perl 5 works)

Funny to read that, as I've just been speaking to a guy I used to work with about a new role. He asks me "Do you have any Perl experience, as there might be some of that besides Java?" I reply, "Well, I did tons of Perl in the past... But to be perfectly honest with you, I haven't really touched it since version 5." Seems that might not be as big a problem as I thought!

[OwlHoot]

.." .. But to be perfectly honest with you, I haven't really touched it since version 5." Seems that might not be as big a problem as I thought!

Absolutely not and, by coincidence, PHP 5 is also the latest version

(At least I don't think there's a PHP 6 - As for perl, 4 to 5 was the big jump.

Not so keen on PHP, as the rates are rubbish and it isn't as rigorous at checking syntax etc (or wasn't the last time I used it).

[Scoobos]

Whatever you are best at, the more niche the better IMHO.