Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Tue Mar 18 07:58:31 CDT 2008
Arthur, I believe you have properly diagnosed the matter. "Elitism too has inheritance." Beautiful! So, what do we have to do to be taken "seriously"? Apparently, we have to be able to point to any programming language, any operating system, and any database management application, and say "Yes, of course I can do that, and I can charge you several thousand extra dollars for working in THIS one instead of THAT one." Hmm, quick refresher time for all - everyone into the pool! Tina Arthur Fuller wrote: > Several things puzzle me about these graphs and their market-reflections. I > would have thought, for example, that Linux and Unix were interchangeable, > that anyone good at Linux could apply for a Unix gig and vice-versa. But > compare the gaps. Similarly, there are abundant code-translators that will > switch VB.NET to C#. In fact, if you look at the two languages as in the > tutorials supplied by MS, they are remarkably similar and it's no surprise > that a program could go through and make the changes from one language to > the other. Find the line-terminators and substitute semi-colons; flip > declarations around slightly and lose the "Dim" word; wrap blocks in curly > braces; etc. How hard is that? > > Admittedly some constructs are trickier, but it doesn't take very long > looking at the step-by-step tutorial code to see the similarities. And yet > the marketplace feels a greater lack of supply for C# than VB.NET, and also > pays about $20 an hour more for C# too, judging by my local marketplace. > This goes to prove, methinks, that elitism too has inheritance. C# is for > "serious" programmers; VB for -- hmm, what's the opposite of serious? > Amateur? Trivial? Casual? Pop? Anyway, you get my drift. > > Arthur > > On 3/16/08, Tina Norris Fields <tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote: > >> Hmmm, verrrrrry interesting. So, we had better upgrade our Java and C++ >> skills, along with our Oracle and MS SQL skills. I just started a Linux >> course. Looks like that might have been a smart move. >> T. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >