size of XQuery developer community

[Adam Retter]

> Here comes my second question to which I'd appreciate an insight:
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> 2) Is the demand for XQuery developers larger then the offer ?

A company I previously worked for in Exeter, Devon, UK tried to
recruit a full-time XQuery/XSLT developer in late 2006 and found it
almost impossible, again in 2008 they could only find consultants who
certainly were not experts in the field.


> Thanks
> Dana
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> On Aug 26, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Marcus Clemens wrote:
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>> I am a recruitment consultant in the UK and I have only come across about
>> 20 good ones here . if anyone wants to send their CV please do
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>> Kind regards
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>> Marcus Clemens
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk [mailto:http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk] On Behalf
>> Of Daniela Florescu
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>> Subject:  size of XQuery developer community
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>> Dear all,
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>> almost every time when I give a talk about XQuery I get confronted
>> with the same  question, to which I do not know the answer.
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>> The question from the audience always is: " How many XQuery developers
>> are there? "
>> -- with the underlying assumption that, indeed, there are not that many.
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>> Please help me with this. I honestly don't know the answer.
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>> How do you appreciate the size of the XQuery developers community ?
>> (thousands,
>> tens of thousands, millions !!??)
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>> Thanks in advance, best regards
>> Dana
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