Career Change?

[jack_spratt]

Has the OP bailed?

Haha no. I was away for a while.

The coding itself is not boring, I love IT .

I just would like a change and make myself more marketable.

 

[Ancalagon]

So what did you decide to do OP? Did you start learning a new language?

 

[bdgrouplimited]

Programming in any language is good enough, mastering a language is a big deal but being productive takes the boredom out it shouldn't be about a particular career but passion for what you do, not for money but that comes regardless if you got solid projects. If i were to use C# I would look into it on a more commercial scene because of many licenses etc.. which in fact going open source with clients will make you charge way less if you are freelancing, there is always someone out there that is just sick of programming period id say learn but specialize on something.

 

[HennieWelkom]

Nope, not all languages are made equal.
I've programmed in quite a lot including 4GLs and factors like a language's syntactic shortcomings, etc. including many times a lack of job diversity with that language can be depressive. So don't just dismiss it offhand, he probably has a very good reason why he needs a change of language.

As for Javascript; I'll hate on it as much as the next guy for its syntactical inconsistencies and lack of strong typing, but as for the basis of career path it's not bad at all; with many diverse opportunities.

Javascript is not a programming language like C# or Java, it is the client-side scripting language of the internet. critiquing it for not strongly typing, when the functionality that it provides does not require it, is in my eyes bogus.

why does the OP single out JS and not the other internet languages that are part-and-parcel?

 

[[)roi(]]

Javascript is not a programming language like C# or Java, it is the client-side scripting language of the internet. critiquing it for not strongly typing, when the functionality that it provides does not require it, is in my eyes bogus.

why does the OP single out JS and not the other internet languages that are part-and-parcel?

Nope; if anything your response only highlights your ignorance of language design on the whole.

Btw static vs dynamic has absolutely nothing to do with client-side scripting, and more so there's nothing stopping JS from overlapping with the same scope as Java or C#.