[thelist] Suggestions for the next technology to learn

[Aaron Holmes]

Good question Paul,

I'm in the same boat :)

My decision was to learn Java over ASP.NET simply because my work is
within the Unix realm. Once the mono project (http://www.go-mono.com/)
proves itself I will reconsider .NET w/ C# for web development.

As far as money is involved, in my business area Java brings in the
larger clients and pays a higher salary. There are also more jobs
available overall, probably since java has been around a bit longer and
is applicable to many projects. 

One argument that supports learning ASP.NET first is that it is faster
to learn, enabling you to build something that you can sell more quickly
than java.

The other options I vaguely considered were to improve/learn
	- my perl skills
	- my systems administration skills
	- Oracle (from mySQL/PostgreSQL)

One thing at a time though (maybe)!
 
Sincerely yours, 
 
Aaron Holmes
CEO
Gurix Web Professionals
Welland, Ontario
Canada
 
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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Paul Bennett
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:49 PM
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Subject: [thelist] Suggestions for the next technology to learn

(No language holy-wars please ;)

I have achieved a level of comfortable proficiency with PHP, a working 
knowledge of web standards (XHTML / CSS), accessibility issues, XML, 
client side scripting,  mobile application development (WML only at this

stage, although wap 2.0 is XHTML base  anyway) , and have been 
considering investing some time into learning another server-side 
technology.

 From what I can see of the project market here, (Australasia), the 
largest current demand is for ASP, and Java / JSP developers.
I have basic experience in ASP, but are there any advantages of starting

with one over the other?
Java interests me from an OOP point (and mobile application) of view, 
but I realise this is also possible with asp.net.

Any suggestions, or should I pull out my trusty old 
future-career-path-picking dartboard?

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