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by georgieporgie 5399 days ago
The group is targeting engineers with experience in Java, Ruby on Rails and Python programming

I read this and thought, "hm, although the markets for RoR and Python are not massive, they have been growing at a good clip, perhaps that's a good area to focus on." (I'm from a background of C++ and PHP, and I'm thoroughly burnt out on them)

Then I realized that these guys are idiots. They're follow-the-crowd types who are ignoring masses of untapped talent elsewhere in the nation and flying around to recruit in the same "rockstar" seeking circle jerk as everyone else. It's no wonder they're short on talent, they probably don't have the slightest clue what it looks like.

So now I wonder, "hm, maybe those are actually just buzzword technologies and they won't hold up in the long run..."
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jbail 5399 days ago
I think you're right...except for the part about Python and RoR. I think those are here to stay, though I doubt many people know why to would pick one over the other, perhaps other than the buzzword value.
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georgieporgie 5399 days ago
Oh, I'm definitely not knocking RoR or Python. But they certainly seem to be in significantly less use than PHP and ASP.Net (using Indeed's jobtrends as my ubiquitous measure of reality, RoR + Python jobs count approximate PHP or ASP.Net jobs count).

Since I assume that the total number of jobs in a given field are proportional to the number of open listings, and since I assume that the number of skilled developers is tied to the historical job number, I am led to imagine that there is a much bigger pool of skilled ASP.Net and PHP candidates out there.

Basically, it sounds like these guys are just manufacturing their own dearth of job applicants. They're using hot, newer technology and flying to the most high-demand location to seek talent. If they made their products in ASP.Net or PHP and hired from other areas of the country, I'll bet they would have no trouble getting their product done quickly. But that's less buzz-wordy and they couldn't live their rockstar-wannabe fantasies.

(Note that I'm not making any claim as to the superiority of any language, or potential speed of development)

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