Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!203.109.252.33.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcm9pZOKAlFdoeQ==?= Dalvik? Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:45:07 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-86-36.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1307245507 6235 118.92.86.36 (5 Jun 2011 03:45:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 03:45:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4986 In message , Joshua Cranmer wrote: > In the end, it probably doesn't matter. If you're a new entrant to the > jobs market, you should probably have the flexibility to learn any > language desired of you; if you've been in the workforce for decades, > then your domain knowledge is what will sell you and not the languages > you know. I’ve been in the workforce for decades, and I keep getting challenged to deal with new domains, from (most recently) mobile apps and telephony, and going further back, databases and Web development (both back-end and front- end), multimedia, client-server networking etc. I don’t think specialism in one domain is going to keep you employed.