Evening all, On 19/10/11 16:22, Robert Freeman wrote: > Respectfully, if you want to stay relevant in this field, you need to > disengage from this kind of thinking. It is a fact that technology is > changing, that new needs need new solutions and that no mater how we hate it, > change happens. You need to be prepared to deal with change, or become > irrelevant and less marketable. Frankly, if I were a hiring manager and you > displayed that kind of attitude in an interview, I'd probably disqualify you > on the spot. Hmm. I tend to disagree a little. Yes, keep up to date with technology and what is happening in your own field, but keeping up with the latest paradigms? Surely not. I seem to have managed pretty well keeping up with Oracle as best I can, but I've managed to miss out on Java (personal hatred for it!), C#, "agile", Whatever on rails and so on. These things come and these things go. Having said that, with Oracle behind it, it is probably a good idea to investigate the technology. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l