size of XQuery developer community

[Daniela Florescu]

I got several private answers to this question, all with the same  
comment:
in all cases people looked for XQuery developers and cannot find any.

Unfortunately XQuery will remain a niche language if this situation  
persists.

How did other languages/communities solve this kind of growing pain ?

Any suggestions ?

Thanks !!
Dana




On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Adam Retter wrote:

>> Here comes my second question to which I'd appreciate an insight:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Marcus Clemens wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> 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
>>> Sent: 26 August 2009 18:07
>>> To: http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
>>> Subject:  size of XQuery developer community
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> The question from the audience always is: " How many XQuery  
>>> developers
>>> are there? "
>>> -- with the underlying assumption that, indeed, there are not that  
>>> many.
>>>
>>> Please help me with this. I honestly don't know the answer.
>>>
>>> How do you appreciate the size of the XQuery developers community ?
>>> (thousands,
>>> tens of thousands, millions !!??)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, best regards
>>> Dana
>>>
>>>
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