This graph is based on the number of open jobs for these languages. If anyone believes that the iSeries and RPG programming has a future, this pretty tells the story. If you are a business executive in an IBM i based shop you need to act now before you lose you current staff and cannot replace them.
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Bob, I hear ya. We all know RPG jobs are scarce, but so are RPG resources. Relative to other technologies I would not try to argue the point. This is why I am personally not a big fan of the various RPG-CGI technologies. But there are some schools making inroads to continue to deliver RPG resources so all hope is not lost. BUT, we have seen for YEARS that RPG skills alone will not suffice. In fact, short of Java, knowing only one technology really is so 80's. We must be children of the future and absorb more than one technology so RPG and something...
ReplyDeleteI took your chart and added PHP which runs natively on Power i. I personally and professionally believe PHP makes a LOT of sense for RPG developers, yada-yada. Now for an existing RPG programmer with a few years left at work (I have at least 20) this shows a nice trend while all the others technologies appear to be rather flat! http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=RPG%2C+Java%2C+C%2B%2B%2C+C%23%2C+Visual+Basic%2C+PHP&l=
Mike, I agree that PHP should most definitely be added to the list. It didn't surface in the survey I found above. I do agree it is a very important language in today's world.
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