Fun_People Archive
12 Nov
Skills rated

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 22:49:15 PST
To: Fun_People
Subject: Skills rated

 From: cs@pdnet.com (Customer Service)
 Organization: Personal Development Network (Encino, CA, USA)

          Lucrative Programmer Specialties Rated - 11/7/93

As you know, your choice of specialties has a significant impact on your
income. The following ratings can give you an idea of what the most
lucrative skills are.

The FREE copy of the Computer Consulting Business Factletter (tm) explains
the derivation of these numbers. This info might help you plan the next step
on your career path. Here are the ratings on November 7, 1993.


  C/C++         54        RPG           17        MVS           9
  COBOL         40        Novell        15        Natural       7
  UNIX          39        SQL           13        JD Edwards    7
  CICS          39        IMS           13        GUI           7
  AS 400        39        Informix      12        VAX           6
  Sybase        38        Paradox       11        Synon         6
  DB 2          36        OS/2          11        Smalltalk     6
  PowerBuilder  25        Client Server 11        RDBMS         6
  Oracle        24        Basic         11        Pick          6
  Visual Basic  22        LAN           10        DL/1          6
  Windows       21        FoxPro        10

[I was terribly tempted to add:
  ADA		 3        Windows NT   0.1        FORTRAN    2E-37
  Lisp         nil        MT XINU       -5        NextStep    -inf
but I think they're serious!  I wouldn't want to spoil the humor
in that...   -psl]

© 1993 Peter Langston