Re: [xsl] Off Topic : XSLT Jobs in USA

[davep <davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/10/13 20:25, Mailing Lists Mail wrote:
> Hi Wendell,
> I have been in this list for a very very long time and had noticed a
> lot of posters that come from USA. So this was something that got me
> thinking that there probably are many programmers / jobs into XML/XSLT
> in the USA, so thaz where the "huge presence" came from, also going by
> the size of the country multiplied by the number of companies, it had
> formed enough basis for my assumption... in UK/Aus, UK especially (
> being a very small country) , I have seen a lot of people who ask for
> Specialist XSLT/XML developers. Just when we think we have explored
> "n" number of clients in the country, a totally "unheard of"  client
> ends up calling for XSLT developers offering a very good rate.. This
> keeps the contractors engaged and encouraged to be doing the XSLT
> development..So that was what I was referring to when I said "enough
> companies in USA " who are into the XSLT development.
> USA as I hear is a "generalist" techy oriented place.. Where XSLT may
> not be the core skill someone is looking for. Which makes me think
> ,why and how some generalist will keep himself abreast of technologies
> like XSLT3 etc, if all he wants is a job anyone can do, mainly Java
> J2EE development with some XML skills.. I am sure there are specialist
> companies in the USA like mulberrytech, marklogic, IBM etc, who
> probably do XML day in and day out/..but for some reason I don't see
> them asking for people.


One slant on this, with  a UK bias.
Given n aspects to a workflow involving XML, XSLT, it is often
the XSLT skills that are hardest to find which may explain why
it receives emphasis in the adverts. If, in reality it is a minor
aspect,of the work, the interviewer is unlikely to know enough
to judge the interviewees level of expertise.

I wonder how many $employers still believe XSLT 1.0 is still
current?




regards

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Dave Pawson
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