From time to time this list has given advice to people at the beginning
of their careers. I wonder if you have any advice for those at the other
end.
I spent about 25 years as a contract programmer working on all sorts of
projects before stopping to follow a bit of a dream in alternative
energy about 6 years ago. However for me, the excitement surrounding
alternative energy, on the installation side, has become routine and my
heart (not to mention back and knees) is no longer in it.
I would like to return to contract programming but don’t feel confident
that I could be productive enough without some preparation.
I did electrical engineering and electronics at University and have done
a lot of assembler and C around hardware projects and have done
successful projects in Java, PHP, MySQl, Javascript, HTML, Labview,
Postscript and the now defunct Foxpro. Clearly I am not up to speed in
any of these now but I thought I would ask the list for views on what
languages, tools and sectors are currently sought after and if there is
any training or qualification that would be worth investing in. I
haven't looked at mobile programming, perhaps that is an option.
I maintain a couple of programmes that I wrote for DOS over 25 years ago
and have subsequently ported through to Windows 7. They are still in
daily use so I feel that I have a good commitment to quality work.
Thanks
Roger
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