[DUG] Future of us Delphi programmer in New Zealand?

[Paul Hectors]

I think Kyley is spot. Unless there are some new stories of companies
starting new Delphi projects, from what I can tell Delphi has been on
the decline for a long time.


2009/4/9 Kyley Harris <Kyley at harrissoftware.com>:
> haha.. I simply am watching the market and trends of delphi in this country,
> and I've kept track of many of the companies I know that use delphi.
> Most of the companies that had delphi developers now have 1 or 2 maximum on
> staff. the rest is outsourced offshore, or they are now using other
> languages and following modern trends of c# etc.
> I am in the position of writing and selling software, so choosing delphi is
> fine.. my customers are not concerned by the language used, only the end
> product..
> More and more, I see other bigger companies ditch delphi for other
> languages.. So I said no hope, meaning.. If you loose your delphi
> employment, and are seeking a new job as an employee, rather than as an
> independant software vendor.. its getting slimmer and slimmer pickings in
> the market.
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Leigh Wanstead <leighw at softtech.co.nz>
> wrote:
>>
>> Why no hope?
>>
>> If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
>>
>> Have a nice day
>>
>> Regards
>> Leigh
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]On
>> Behalf Of Kyley Harris
>> Sent: Thursday, 9 April 2009 9:55 a.m.
>> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>> Subject: Re: [DUG] Future of us Delphi programmer in New Zealand?
>>
>> As a company, fine.. as an employee? no hope :)
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Leigh Wanstead <leighw at softtech.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Before this happy Easter holiday, I am thinking what future about us
>>> Delphi
>>> programmer in New Zealand? Will we have to program in C#? ;-)
>>>
>>> I am programming AVR/Microchip assembler in my spare time. I am a fast
>>> learner. ;-)
>>>
>>> Have a nice day
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Leigh
>>>
>>>
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