On Tue, 2007-05-06 at 08:19 -0700, brad clawsie wrote:
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 05:53:33AM +0100, PR Stanley wrote:
Hi BAE Systems which specialises in military technology is looking for programmers who have experience in C, C++ and Java and UML.
large corporations with significant software development obligations are as interested in the market for software developers as software development technologies and methodologies. regardless of the viability of the technologies, there are simply more java coders out there than haskell coders, and it is likely that given the average salary and project quality that bae can offer, they need to be able to access the broadest pool of applicants.
but there are also technical considerations. java has been in extremely wide use for nearly a decade, as has c++. using these technologies is a way to reduce risk. sometimes you don't want to reduce risk, you want to embrace it in the hopes of creating a larger payoff. one day the right kind of company may very well conclude that the potential payoff of haskell is worth the risk.
You know, I remember seeing all of this back when the dominant language
was C and C++ was muscling in on the scene.... The smug "nobody uses
this new technology" thing. The "there's no career to be had in this
new-fangled style" thing and so on. All of it. I'm tempted to quote
something about history, learning and repetition now, but won't bother
because I suspect most of the people in this mailing list know the quote
and have learned from history.
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Michael T. Richter