Comments on: Grails Job Graph http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/grails-jobs/ programming, politics, & other religious issues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Hurt http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/grails-jobs/#comment-33935 Brian Hurt Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:00:18 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=889#comment-33935 The crude name I have for this sort of comparison is "dick size wars". I mean, comparing the number of ruby jobs to the number of cobol jobs is exactly what I mean: who cares if there's more ruby jobs than cobol jobs or not: do you really <EM>want</EM> any of those cobol jobs? Really? Stuck maintaining some thirty year old batch-oriented corporate payroll processing job whose architecture is best described as a <a HREF="http://www.laputan.org/mud/" rel="nofollow">big ball of mud</A> (and you need to become the main swamp guide), in a language that is synonymous with stupidity in the programming world? Or get involved in some startup doing the next generation must-use web application? Which would you rather have on your resume in five years time? Which would you rather being doing <EM>today</EM>? All jobs are not created equal. The crude name I have for this sort of comparison is “dick size wars”. I mean, comparing the number of ruby jobs to the number of cobol jobs is exactly what I mean: who cares if there’s more ruby jobs than cobol jobs or not: do you really want any of those cobol jobs? Really? Stuck maintaining some thirty year old batch-oriented corporate payroll processing job whose architecture is best described as a big ball of mud (and you need to become the main swamp guide), in a language that is synonymous with stupidity in the programming world? Or get involved in some startup doing the next generation must-use web application?

Which would you rather have on your resume in five years time? Which would you rather being doing today? All jobs are not created equal.

]]> By: Michael Kimsal http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/grails-jobs/#comment-33933 Michael Kimsal Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:52:37 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=889#comment-33933 Also, FWIW, searching for "ruby" is around 4200 and "cobol" is around 3400, so I think ruby has surpassed cobol, at least per indeed.com. Also, FWIW, searching for “ruby” is around 4200 and “cobol” is around 3400, so I think ruby has surpassed cobol, at least per indeed.com.

]]> By: Michael Kimsal http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/grails-jobs/#comment-33932 Michael Kimsal Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:51:13 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/?p=889#comment-33932 There's some truth in what you're concluding. Also, there are some Java positions I've seen where they're advertising for "Rails or Grails" experience. So, that's going to add in to the "Rails" numbers, even though it's pretty likely that the actual work would end up being Grails work. On the flip side, search for "struts" and you'll find 8000 positions. Search for "Grails" and you get 129. "groovy +java" is a bit better - 232. Still a bit on the bleak side, regardless of how you slice the numbers. Would love to see these numbers go up much higher (obviously) There’s some truth in what you’re concluding. Also, there are some Java positions I’ve seen where they’re advertising for “Rails or Grails” experience. So, that’s going to add in to the “Rails” numbers, even though it’s pretty likely that the actual work would end up being Grails work.

On the flip side, search for “struts” and you’ll find 8000 positions. Search for “Grails” and you get 129. “groovy +java” is a bit better – 232. Still a bit on the bleak side, regardless of how you slice the numbers. Would love to see these numbers go up much higher (obviously)

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