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Elliotte Harold wrote:
> Kurt Cagle wrote:
>> I've also found that many employers have stopped listing XML in their
>> advertisements, not because they don't need that skill, but because
>> they assume that working with XML is something that you should just
>> know if you work with most computer languages.
>
> These employers may be overly optimistic. Last night I gave an
> advanced XML presentation to a large audience of uber-geek Linux
> folks. Based on post-talk discussion, I suspect only about 30-40% were
> reasonably conversant with XML prior to that evening. If I'd realized
> that in advance I would have pitched the talk at a slightly lower
> level. It's certainly true that XML is more broadly understood in the
> community than it was five years ago. However, I don't think it's yet
> reached the level of ubiquity of C or Java.
A quick search of a typical job search engine
(http://www.jobserve.com/) reveals:
"xml": 1880 matching jobs
"java": 3467 matching jobs
"c": 1244 matching jobs
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Chris Burdess
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