Re: VB vs Developer 2000: Career Choice

RonkeA_at_megsinet.net wrote in message ...
>Between VB & Oracle Developer 2000, which do you think would be better for
>me to focus my career on? I plan to learn both of them so I can have a
>broader skill set, but I want one of them to be my primary skill. I'm
>concerned about going with VB because it seems so easy to learn that I
>worry the market will eventually be flooded with scores of VB programmers,
>and their salaries will plummet. On the other hand, even though the
barrier
>of entry into Developer 2000 is higher than VB's, it doesn't seem to be in
>as much demand by employers. What do you think?
>
There's a reason why its called Developer 2000 - because its not going to be around for 2001 ;)

Seriously though, I think you'd be better off concentrating on VB/Oracle now with an eye to Java/XML/Oracle in the future (unless you're lucky enough to get Java/Oracle work now).

I have used many development tools and would have to say Developer 2000 is one of the worst I've used. I found it to be unintuitive and idiosyncratic, however, this does allow Dev2k developers to command very good rates which consequently attracts some people to the market.

Oracle have stated the high cost of Dev2k development is of a concern and are trying to make Dev2k simpler. You don't have to be a genius to work out that it would be simpler just to ditch Dev2k altogether and concentrate on Java as there is already a large pool of skilled Java developers and this pool is set to grow rapidly with many Universities and schools now teaching Java.

If you are worried about salaries/rates for a large pool of developers I'd say distinguish yourself by being a good software developer rather than a programmer. Good developers always seem to be in short supply ;)

A.Sherwood Received on Tue Mar 16 1999 - 03:30:46 CET