NYCPHP Meetup

[Brent Baisley]

I work for a technical recruiting company in NYC and I can tell you 
that most of the jobs we have are for C++, Java or .NET. That's not to 
say these companies don't use open source tools, they just don't 
actively recruit for those skills. Linux being an exception to that. 
Most of your larger companies are more interested in scalability and 
support rather than time to development. They can always hire more 
people to speed up a project.
The midsize companies who are outgrowing Access and/or FileMaker are 
ideal candidates for PHP and MySQL, but they don't know enough about 
them to go that direction. I've done some consulting on the side and 
I've had clients who wanted a completely web based system with 
Filemaker as the backend (egads!). They have Filemaker (or Access) and 
are comfortable with them.
I've actually gotten my foot in the door many times because I knew 
Filemaker, not because I knew PHP and MySQL. Although I've ended up 
doing the project in PHP/MySQL.

I believe there still needs to be more growth in the PHP market share 
before you'll start seeing a big demand for it. Cold Fusion has a 
larger market share, but there aren't many jobs on the job boards for 
it in the NYC area.

What job boards have you looked on? You may have more success looking 
at one of the non-commercial job boards like Craigs List.


On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 02:20 PM, crisscott at netzero.com wrote:

> All of this growth in PHP use is great but what I want to know is 
> where is all of the growth in the PHP jobs?  Especially in NY.  In 
> Delaware I had no trouble getting interviews or even job offers but 
> since I moved up here, I have trouble just trying to find places 
> accepting resumes.  This wouldn't be such a problem if it weren't for 
> that three hour commute to Wilmington.  Does anyone have any good 
> resources or pointers for a guy new to the big city looking for a job?
> Thanks
> Scott Mattocks
>
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Brent Baisley
Systems Architect
Landover Associates, Inc.
Search & Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments
p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577