Comments on: Are you a Java web developer? http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/10/17/are-you-a-java-web-developer Web Development, Classical Music, Kitties, and whatever else I feel like Sun, 26 May 2013 01:45:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Matthom http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/10/17/are-you-a-java-web-developer#comment-2548 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:25:09 -0700 http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/10/17/are-you-a-java-web-developer#comment-2548 <blockquote> It seems like very few software engineers actually like doing user interface work. And very few web developers know Java. </blockquote> Well said. I did some <abbr title="JavaServer Pages">JSP</abbr> work in 2004, for a very big company - but much of the real "hard-nosed" stuff was outsourced to India. Our group here (the "Client-side developers") had to know more of XHTML, CSS, JavaScript - than actual Java - but we were still required to know JSP (thats what the job description said, anyway)... Most of our group (myself included) hadn't much experience with JSP - so they brought us on, and paid us to be trained in it. (Why didn't they just hire people who ALREADY knew it? There's the question...) It's definitely a "hot job," and a big demand for it.

It seems like very few software engineers actually like doing user interface work. And very few web developers know Java.

Well said.

I did some JSP work in 2004, for a very big company - but much of the real “hard-nosed” stuff was outsourced to India. Our group here (the “Client-side developers”) had to know more of XHTML, CSS, JavaScript - than actual Java - but we were still required to know JSP (thats what the job description said, anyway)…

Most of our group (myself included) hadn’t much experience with JSP - so they brought us on, and paid us to be trained in it. (Why didn’t they just hire people who ALREADY knew it? There’s the question…)

It’s definitely a “hot job,” and a big demand for it.

]]> by: Steve Eady http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/10/17/are-you-a-java-web-developer#comment-2552 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:12:24 -0700 http://jennifergrucza.com/blog/archives/2005/10/17/are-you-a-java-web-developer#comment-2552 I think they'll have a more difficult time finding people willing to work in Boston than they will finding qualified candidates. :) I think they’ll have a more difficult time finding people willing to work in Boston than they will finding qualified candidates. :)

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