size of XQuery developer community

[Vyacheslav Sedov]

Hello there,

Look like XQuery developers very respectable peoples in UK
http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/xquery.do

But in Russia...

Well... Now i am looking for remote XQuery/XSLT job - today i got
final notification about eviction from flat owner.

It is true. I have only one month to restore regular payments or leave
flat. I just have not time to find someone who can help me to sell my
program to other regions of Russia - except Moscow region count of
rest is equal to 83 (if i`ll sell to each for about 1000$ - it mean
about 84 000$ total). I sell this program to Moscow region already but
price (about 2000$ just cover my development time living - this
program automate government report (standard report for each region -
regions here like states in US), so no need to reconstruct code for
each region - just sell (maybe SaS - it is web-based system)). Working
with russian government not so fast especially if you don`t wish to
give bribe for g-man. I am worry that i will be forced to leave my
current flat. Social security work very bad in Russia - i can get
support from government but max value is about 100$ monthly, to pay
for flat rent i need at least 500$ + about 500$ for food for me and my
pets.

I should note that i am *not* interested in growing amount of
XQuery/XSLT developers - more developers at street mean that more
petty tyrant became your boss. Wide jeans on you can lead him to
hysteria - especially if at street here already 2 that are ready to
wear even ties. But i am still give advice to young developers focus
on XML (XSLT, XQuery, eXist) - "be good and you will be lucky" (c)
"Artificial intelligence" movie

But http://hh.ru/applicant/searchvacancyresult.xml?areaId=113&text=xquery&professionalAreaId=0&desireableCompensation=&compensationCurrencyId=1

no vacancy at all related with XQuery in Russia nor for developers in
baggy jeans nor for developers in ties (at least at moment of posting
- this one http://hh.ru/vacancy/2212967?query=xquery is in Ukraine,
not Russia).

i am work from 2000 only with XSLT 1.0 and from 2007 with XSLT 2.0 &
XQuery (Marklogic), my last project i did in eXist (this government
report tool that i have to sell), so even if i agree to "skill
downgrade" i will not survive in pre-xml world, i note that after
working in Wiley i even almost forgot XForms - i used them little in
2003-2006 but not use XForms in Wiley at all. So i am not sure that i
can be good asp/ms-sql programmer or php/mySQL (i start learn xml/xslt
from MS SQL Server 7.0 SQLXML ability - data from stored procedures in
xml format turned into xhtml by xslt without intermediate language
like C# or Java). Also i have good skills with OOXML&ODF file formats.

With best wishes,
Slav, http://xquery.tel

p.s. sorry about off-topic but it vital - i spend all resources to
survive from january 2009 when i leave Wiley (my last job) -  so
posting here is my last hope.

p.s.s. Thank you for reading so long. ;)