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by zmoreira 3534 days ago
I have been a Outsystems developer for the last 10 years. I feel quite comfortable about my future prospects, but I live in Portugal where Outsystems has 100% penetration in large companies. I think there is no chance of the company going out of business since so many big customers depend on it.

The platform is expanding fast and lately it's getting harder to find developers for my teams. Many of the most experienced developers are working on project abroad where rates are much higher (Benelux, the Gulf, United States).

As a developer platform it really makes you more productive. I was working with .NET before and I think I became 10 times more productive (of course this could mean that I sucked as a .NET developer).

However licensing is expensive, so it's not for every customer and also not for every project. For enterprise business apps that need to change often I know nothing better.