Future-ASP/SQl Server DB Programmer
I have a strong background in OOP VB, SQL Server Programming and ASP web.
Is this a solid career base for the future? My current weaknes is no COM/MTS
implementation experience (but I do all VB with classes).
What is the best strategy to continue to be competitive and find good jobs
in this area? Doing client and server side web stuff seems to help a lot.
The hardest thing is to find companies for long term ASP work. I currently
contract and would love to be a consultant in a technology firm (not just
a headhunter assignment type company), or be perm, with lots of ASP stuff
to do.
Thanks...Happy holidays
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Joe] at [2007-11-9 17:54:14]
# 1 Re: Future-ASP/SQl Server DB Programmer
"Joe" <joseph_lucier@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I have a strong background in OOP VB, SQL Server Programming and ASP web.
>
>Is this a solid career base for the future?
I had a similar background. After looking at MS .NET strategy du jour, I
decided that for me the answer was "no". I'm doing mostly Java and Oracle
architecture and development work now.
My current weaknes is no COM/MTS
>implementation experience (but I do all VB with classes).
>
>What is the best strategy to continue to be competitive and find good jobs
>in this area? Doing client and server side web stuff seems to help a lot.
Since Microsoft basically took "classic" VB out behind the woodshed and put
a bullet in its brain, I think your best bet is to move towards Java, or
C# if you are absolutely convinced to stay on the Microsoft proprietary platform.
Good luck!
Matthew Cromer
President, SDA Consulting, Inc.
# 2 Re: Future-ASP/SQl Server DB Programmer
Wow, sounds bleak. No future for ASP developers unless they migrate their
skill set.
Well, welcome to the technology industry. What about XML? This was marketed
as the universal language
to connect the planet for web development?
So, I will look into Java. Thanks....Joe
"Matthew Cromer" <matthew@sdaconsulting.com> wrote:
>
>"Joe" <joseph_lucier@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>I have a strong background in OOP VB, SQL Server Programming and ASP web.
>>
>>Is this a solid career base for the future?
>
>I had a similar background. After looking at MS .NET strategy du jour,
I
>decided that for me the answer was "no". I'm doing mostly Java and Oracle
>architecture and development work now.
>
>My current weaknes is no COM/MTS
>>implementation experience (but I do all VB with classes).
>>
>>What is the best strategy to continue to be competitive and find good jobs
>>in this area? Doing client and server side web stuff seems to help a lot.
>
>
>Since Microsoft basically took "classic" VB out behind the woodshed and
put
>a bullet in its brain, I think your best bet is to move towards Java, or
>C# if you are absolutely convinced to stay on the Microsoft proprietary
platform.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Matthew Cromer
>President, SDA Consulting, Inc.
Joe at 2007-11-12 0:23:40 >
# 3 Re: Future-ASP/SQl Server DB Programmer
Joe, I believe VB is still alive and well. I would not go jumping ship yet.
I do believe with future version of Visual Studio that the programming language
is going to become a little less important as you will be able to write code
in multiple languages in the same program. Similar to the way ASP works
today, with writing VBScript and JavaScript in the same page.
The changes I have read and understand for VB.Net (see it is not dead yet,
still kicking :) is to make it line up with all the other programming languages
such as C, C++, and Java. So making this type change could spell the end
for some many different programming languages including VB, but if the new
tool you use to program understands and accepts many different syntaxes then
it really doesn't matter what you call it.
Good Luck.
Robert
"Joe" <Joseph_lucier@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Wow, sounds bleak. No future for ASP developers unless they migrate their
>skill set.
>
>Well, welcome to the technology industry. What about XML? This was marketed
>as the universal language
>to connect the planet for web development?
>
>So, I will look into Java. Thanks....Joe
>
>"Matthew Cromer" <matthew@sdaconsulting.com> wrote:
>>
>>"Joe" <joseph_lucier@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>I have a strong background in OOP VB, SQL Server Programming and ASP web.
>>>
>>>Is this a solid career base for the future?
>>
>>I had a similar background. After looking at MS .NET strategy du jour,
>I
>>decided that for me the answer was "no". I'm doing mostly Java and Oracle
>>architecture and development work now.
>>
>>My current weaknes is no COM/MTS
>>>implementation experience (but I do all VB with classes).
>>>
>>>What is the best strategy to continue to be competitive and find good
jobs
>>>in this area? Doing client and server side web stuff seems to help a lot.
>>
>>
>>Since Microsoft basically took "classic" VB out behind the woodshed and
>put
>>a bullet in its brain, I think your best bet is to move towards Java, or
>>C# if you are absolutely convinced to stay on the Microsoft proprietary
>platform.
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>Matthew Cromer
>>President, SDA Consulting, Inc.
>
Robert at 2007-11-12 0:24:41 >
# 4 Re: Future-ASP/SQl Server DB Programmer
I would suggest to do the IT thing of continuously learning new technologies.
It seems you can still build on a lot of what you already know. VB.NET
will be different than VB, but it may be worth the learning curve in that
it offers new features similair to Java and C++ (Full OOP capabilities like
inheritance, constructor functions, etc). I will have to learn the new VB,
but I am exicted to take advantage of VB.NET new advertized power (Lets Hope).
It seems that if you know SQL programming, it relates quite often to other
DBMS platforms like oracle, sybase, etc (with some slight variations along
the SQL enhancements).
I am in a slightly similair boat now, but I guess I am getting used to
it. A few years ago, I was primarily a Visual Foxpro programmer, but had
to learn Visual Basic, ASP, Javascript, Java, SQL server, and Oracle to have
any marketablity. It took some time, but the principles I learned with Foxpro
readily helped me to learn the other programming languages in demand.
Good Luck
"Joe" <joseph_lucier@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I have a strong background in OOP VB, SQL Server Programming and ASP web.
>
>Is this a solid career base for the future? My current weaknes is no COM/MTS
>implementation experience (but I do all VB with classes).
>
>What is the best strategy to continue to be competitive and find good jobs
>in this area? Doing client and server side web stuff seems to help a lot.
>
>The hardest thing is to find companies for long term ASP work. I currently
>contract and would love to be a consultant in a technology firm (not just
>a headhunter assignment type company), or be perm, with lots of ASP stuff
>to do.
>
>Thanks...Happy holidays
