Re: php vs cold fusion

Odd - I have to turn down job offers on almost a daily basis for high level, high paying PHP jobs. If you look in dice.com (the place I found my current job) you will find AT LEAST 100 jobs with a search for "PHP MySQL". Contract work just keeps pouring in as well - it's not the marketing behind PHP it's how you market yourself. Everyone's dream job is attainable - you just need to work at it (I'm 20 and working at a large .com using PHP/Linux/MySQL and making about 2x what my parents do ... so don't say they aren't out there) So brush up your resume and hit the streets! I rank high for "PHP resume" and "MySQL resume" on altavista and a few others and *actually* get hits to my resume from there! If you want I can make a mailing list for all the jobs I've been turning down :O) --Joe On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 03:25:30PM -0800, Michael Collins wrote: > At 5:53 PM -0500 10/30/00, Kulkarni, Vikram wrote: > >It is the old chicken-and-egg problem. Programmers aren't getting trained > >in PHP because there are no jobs; and there are no jobs..... > > I have also headed into this difficulty getting started in PHP. I > have been to trade shows where no vendor is looking for PHP or even > has heard of it. Almost all are looking for ASP first, then Java, > C++, maybe CF but no mention of PHP. Part of the problem is there is > no marketing engine behind PHP that works to promote PHP technology. > > Michael > -- > > _/ _/ _/ _/ Michael Collins > _/ _/ _/ Equinox Enterprises > _/ _/ Seattle, WA, USA > _/ mcollins206@home.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ================================================================================ = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com http://www.miester.org = ================================================================================ "Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand."