Reply to: Java Contracting - what should I brush up on?

[Lockhouse]

Missed that one earlier - are you sure that three months is going to be enough? particularly if you feel the need to brush up on the skills, and the current market situation, I'd want more than that saved to be making the jump.

....unless I lived with my parents. 12 weeks cash is nowhere near a big enough reserve without a contract to go to. Bad decision to quit IMHO but perhaps the OP had their reasons.

[d000hg]

Anyone got any educated answers?

Not if that's the kind of response they receive.

[TheFaQQer]

The reason I quit was because I had tried to get contracts but everyone was put off by my 1 month notice. I wasn't being considered. I saved enough money to cover myself for about 3 months so I'm not stuck. It's hard to balance perm work with getting other work.

I have 3 years 9 months JEE experience. My industries include government, healthcare, and domain name.

Missed that one earlier - are you sure that three months is going to be enough? particularly if you feel the need to brush up on the skills, and the current market situation, I'd want more than that saved to be making the jump.

[eek]

The reason I quit was because I had tried to get contracts but everyone was put off by my 1 month notice. I wasn't being considered. I saved enough money to cover myself for about 3 months so I'm not stuck. It's hard to balance perm work with getting other work.

I have 3 years 9 months JEE experience. My industries include government, healthcare, and domain name.

I wish you luck given the current market (crap would be an understatement). Its why I'm rapidly implementing plan b in any spare time I have.

[heyya99]

"More and more" maybe, but starting from such a tiny fraction that's hardly a big deal - non-Java use can increase tenfold without making a big dent. PHP is the biggest competitor (in the web side of things obviously) - the tech you mention are WAY away from threatening Java. Down the line maybe, but we're talking a decade at the least and I think the JVM is here to stay. Even if people say with 6/7 in the event Java is "ruined" which is itself very unlikely.

Anyone got any educated answers?

[d000hg]

Oracle will ruin Java. So your saying if you don't use a Windows server you must be using Java on a Linux/Unix? More and more people are switching to Python/Ruby/jNode etc.

"More and more" maybe, but starting from such a tiny fraction that's hardly a big deal - non-Java use can increase tenfold without making a big dent. PHP is the biggest competitor (in the web side of things obviously) - the tech you mention are WAY away from threatening Java. Down the line maybe, but we're talking a decade at the least and I think the JVM is here to stay. Even if people say with 6/7 in the event Java is "ruined" which is itself very unlikely.

[Wodewick]

OI! Plebs! LEAVE IT!!!

ftfy

[Churchill]

Enough of the name hair / car bitching. This was a decent question from the OP and while I appreciate it is in General can we please leave the name calling out of this thread.

Sorry son, er Dad.

[administrator]

Enough of the name hair / car bitching. This was a decent question from the OP and while I appreciate it is in General can we please leave the name calling out of this thread.

[Zoiderman]

You normally admire your friends offspring then?

Not a bit, I just make sure I don't have ginger friends and then I know none of that ugliness will turn up.

HTH

[TheFaQQer]

Oracle will ruin Java

which is why Oracle is moving more and more development away from PL/SQL and into Java with Oracle Fusion now on GA?

[Incognito]

No, wouldn't be friends with a ginge, too fighty, too angry and I don't like the look of their offspring son.

You normally admire your friends offspring then?

[Zoiderman]

Yeah they do.

Especially that "Ginger" one.

No, wouldn't be friends with a ginge, too fighty, too angry and I don't like the look of their offspring son.

[Churchill]

FTFY

No, they don't.

Yeah they do.

Especially that "Ginger" one.

[Zoiderman]

I was just going to ask whether or not your "mates" think you're a ten-bob millionaire because you not stupid enough to buy a new Merc.

Just asking like.

FTFY

No, they don't.