I am both maintaining and starting new projects in Delphi, and wont be learning a new language anytime soon. My Hobbies are so busy I have no time for playing with other tools. Besides which, by doing my own software I'm not forced into needing to use another languages. Delphi is still excellent (although I cant compare against the newer offerings from MS) <div>
<br></div><div>I have a huge investment in time and tools developed for Delphi and if I was going to migrate I'd need a migration plan for those tools too. </div><div><br></div><div>As far as getting work in Delphi. I have not even looked for 6 years.... no idea about the climate.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Alister Christie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alister@salespartner.co.nz">alister@salespartner.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I think there is still plenty of work around for Delphi developers - all<br>
that Delphi code out there isn't just going to go away and will need to<br>
be maintained. However, the question that should be asked is how many<br>
people are starting new projects in Delphi (as opposed to C# / Java /<br>
Ruby etc).<br>
<br>
It's my understanding that specialized skills (Delphi Programming)<br>
usually demand higher rewards as opposed to commodity programming (C# or<br>
Java), but I guess it's mostly going to come down to supply and demand.<br>
All the same - it's probably worth learning another language.<br>
<br>
I haven't started any kind of new project for awhile, and have been just<br>
enhancing our existing products. I've just started learning Ruby on<br>
Rails (although haven't gotten very far as yet), which I hope to start<br>
something with this year.<br>
<br>
How about other people:<br>
<br>
1. Still maintaining Delphi code?<br>
<br>
2. Started a new Delphi project in the last year?<br>
<br>
3. Started a new project in another language in the last year (what was<br>
the language)?<br>
<br>
4. What other languages are you using learning?<br>
<br>
My Answers<br>
1. Yes, 2. No, 3. No, 4. C# (Compact Framework)<br>
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Leigh Wanstead wrote:<br>
> Good morning,<br>
><br>
> I thought that I must ask this question. I only see one job ads for cobol programmer in seek website. If cobol programmer face this situation, what about Delphi programmer?<br>
><br>
> TIA<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
> Leigh<br>
><br>
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