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Watching Trends = Job Security
July 23rd, 2009 | 
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I’ve been programming for 21 years now. Most of my career I’ve spent being on the bleeding edge. This has helped when it came time to find work because I normally am one of the few people companies can find who have the skills they are looking for.
While I never intentionally set out to watch trends and adjust my skills accordingly, I’ve found that it has been a great asset, so that now I am a lot more intentional about watching trends and creating hypothesis about what they will mean for the job market. So, the following are some observations.
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JavaScript vs Silverlight vs …
I’ve thought about writing this post several times but just never got around to it. But, recently I’ve seen other posts or heard comments from other professionals that have led me to think that now is a great time to chime in with my own opinion.
First I have to say that compared to just ten years ago, it is absolutely amazing what we can do on the web. Ten years ago, if we wanted to provide a rich user interface, we had exactly one choice: Java.
Today, we have several choices, including:
