Re: Euphoria Jobs
Hello all,
Thanks for the responses
Ray Smith wrote:
>... this is just my opinion ...
>
>I'd be very surprised if you found any specific Euphoria programming
>positions. I'd also be very surprised if you found anyone even >mentioning
>Euphoria in a job advertisment.
Me too. That's why I tried the mailing list: the only substancial source of
Euphoria resources.
>If you are getting your own contracts to produce software ... then that is
>different ... you can use whatever tools you like as long a you produce the
>goods.
Yes, but the question is where do you find "contract" jobs that don't
specify exactly what they want you to use and how much experience you should
have in this language and that technology, etc, etc... ?
>I would definitely push down the VB line and by all means mention Euphoria
>in job interviews but don't push the point too far.
I am searching for VB jobs primarily, then COBOL, then HTML and SQL. I might
tack "Euphoria" onto my list of programming language skills on a web resume
and say "ask for more info" or something like that.
>IT managers are constantly bombarded with "the next big thing" ... and to
>be honest ... "Euphoria" won't be it.
At least not for a while, but I think it has potential.
>If you can showcase some nice software you have written using Euphoria it
>will be a great selling point for you to impress employers. In fact if you
>can showcase nice software developed in any language it would "I beleive"
>be a great selling
>point. I've done a bit of interviewing in my time and as long as you apply
>for the right jobs (ie entry level) ... experience isn't the thing I look
>for.
But that brings me to the point that there seems to be a lack of
entry-level programming jobs out there. VB is also suffering from
this slump. For a VB job they want ASP, COM/DCOM, SQL server. For
COBOL they want CICS, JDE, VSAM, COOL-GEN. And for HTML jobs they
almost always want Java. SQL jobs want SQL server or UNIX. All this
extra stuff is beyond my experience and thus I don't qualify for
the position.
>Enthusiasm and commitment will get you alot further. A lack of
>commercial experience will make it more difficult but as long as you keep
>enthusiastic I have no doubt you will get a job.
The problem isn't dazzling interviewers, it's getting into the
interview chair!
>I know you said don't respond if you have nothing good to say ... and what
>I have wrote is just my opinion ... but if I was you I'd be looking around
>for a VB job to pay to bills
Which is what I'm doing. I only posted that message for small chance
it would turn up something that I didn't already know. :)
>If you where my son (not that I'm old enough!). I'd be suggesting you learn
>as much VB as you can and write some software in VB to show employers at
>interviews ... or just load it on the net and tell them the URL to download
>it ... complete with source code.
Okay, despite the condescening tone, this is good advice. I'll
perhaps make several small programs in VB and duplicate them in
Euphoria. Post them to the same site and let the employer decide
the advantages and disadvantages of each.
thanks,
Lewis Townsend
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