I haven't been a Notes developer for a long time (mostly because I wasn't a very good one, not because of the product), but I "grew up" with Notes (started w/V3 - they were "V's" back then, not "R's") so I still follow the product and the culture around it.
With that bit of preface, the technology cycle for Notes is not much different than the technology cycle for other products.
I'm sure you could enter the "Powerbuilder bubble" or the "Progress bubble" (trying to think of products that were popular when I got into Notes) or even the "COBOL bubble" and find the same issues:
- technology was once popular but fell out of favor
- still works well but companies aren't investing in it
- opportunities to ply the trade are getting fewer
- need to move on to the "flavor of the month" in order to feed the family
There's nothing wrong with that. I'd venture to say that's been the case since the Jacquard loom (look it up on Wikipedia).
I'm sure there are people out there who, after a couple of beers, profess their love for PROFS or cc:Mail.
The difference is that the generations are shorter, so folks like us may have started in Python, moved to PHP, and now find ourselves learning something called Groovy.
I can't see where not wanting to be the last buggy-whip manufacturer is a bad thing, so good luck to you, Jake.
I haven't been a Notes developer for a long time (mostly because I wasn't a very good one, not because of the product), but I "grew up" with Notes (started w/V3 - they were "V's" back then, not "R's") so I still follow the product and the culture around it.
With that bit of preface, the technology cycle for Notes is not much different than the technology cycle for other products.
I'm sure you could enter the "Powerbuilder bubble" or the "Progress bubble" (trying to think of products that were popular when I got into Notes) or even the "COBOL bubble" and find the same issues:
- technology was once popular but fell out of favor
- still works well but companies aren't investing in it
- opportunities to ply the trade are getting fewer
- need to move on to the "flavor of the month" in order to feed the family
There's nothing wrong with that. I'd venture to say that's been the case since the Jacquard loom (look it up on Wikipedia).
I'm sure there are people out there who, after a couple of beers, profess their love for PROFS or cc:Mail.
The difference is that the generations are shorter, so folks like us may have started in Python, moved to PHP, and now find ourselves learning something called Groovy.
I can't see where not wanting to be the last buggy-whip manufacturer is a bad thing, so good luck to you, Jake.