Where the market is????

**Narayana Murty** · September 19th, 2002, 02:53 PM

Hello All,

I would like to add this new thread to know about the current MARKET CONDITION throughout the world.

If any country is having good Market I will try to jump there

Narayana Murty

**proxima centaur** · September 19th, 2002, 03:41 PM

Canada is stable

**Yves M** · September 19th, 2002, 03:45 PM

Spain is not doing too hot. Doesn't mean that my company's doing bad though

**Roloff** · September 19th, 2002, 04:01 PM

Brazil is good, but the payment is not so good.

Roloff

**Mick** · September 19th, 2002, 05:02 PM

The US market stinks right now. It's not what it use to be. We have fewer jobs, and more developers out looking for work.

Just noticed that Narayana Murty is in Mass. Guess they know about the US market then

**proxima centaur** · September 19th, 2002, 08:57 PM

Actually, some sectors in the economy is slumpy in Canada, but amazingly, as a whole, it's not bad, compared to the USA, and quite amazing because usually, when the USA's economy is slowing, Canada's one is too. Not this time.

I mean the job market is not like it was 2 years ago, but it's still ok.

Let's just say 2 years ago, I could change jobs with a snap of the fingers... now you have to be sure when you decide to change.

**irona20** · September 20th, 2002, 02:57 AM

Originally posted by Yves M
Spain is not doing too hot. Doesn't mean that my company's doing bad though

In Spain the market is quite well.

**Xeon** · September 21st, 2002, 09:50 AM

I would say the best market is in the US. Although the economy is probably slowing, there's a large user base over there; the largest in the world.(if you're talking about software and hardware markets)

**Metaphor** · September 23rd, 2002, 04:39 AM

Well, of course you have a large user base in the US, you're 260 million people!

I'd guess India has an allright market, but I wouldn't know. There seems to be a lot of programmers from there on this forum atleast.

I know Sweden is a good market if you actually know what you're doing, and can back it up with references, and be a bit more than just a hobbycoder, or "I learned myself!". Education most often leads to jobs.

**Clearcode** · September 23rd, 2002, 07:25 AM

In Ireland the base market is steady but the e-commerce/web/java side has crashed.

**Xeon** · September 23rd, 2002, 09:23 AM

Lots of talented and really skillful programmers hail from India, but the user base there is really not as good as in the US.(by the way, I'm not an American or anything)
The Chinese market is probably getting larger and larger too, but even then, at it's current growth rate, it's not a match for the US. The most popular web sites, web hosts, hardware and software are all in the US. The big boys too. The thing is : just how much technology, both old and new, hail from the US?
Programming languages, office productivity suites, printers, processors, OSes........the truth is : the computer industry has it's roots firmly planted onto US soil than any other country in the world.
In other words, go where the market is : The USA.

**Metaphor** · September 23rd, 2002, 10:27 AM

As you say, Xeon, the market is firmly rooted in the US. Probably a fluke, but anyway.

Firmly rooted. Not creating new shoots. I'd say the market is so damned stable that there is no growth, really, even if there's no recession. Which, I guess, is allright.

The market isn't in any particular country. You can find a job in most countries these days, within the IT industry. It just depends on what kind of job, and what kind of merits you have.

**Xeon** · September 24th, 2002, 03:24 AM

The market isn't in any particular country. You can find a job in most countries these days, within the IT industry. It just depends on what kind of job, and what kind of merits you have.

Well, for jobs, I agree. The market isn't anywhere. But if you're talking about selling software or hardware, then the market really is in the US.

Try selling software to potential customers in the US and try the same thing in Brazil. Any differences?

**Metaphor** · September 24th, 2002, 03:28 AM

Try selling software to potential customers in the US and try the same thing in Brazil. Any differences?

I'm not a salesman, I'm a programmer.

**NarayanaMurty** · September 25th, 2002, 11:19 AM

Come on guys,

There thousands of people in this site. Only few people are respoonding.

Also even in the same country, there could be different cities and different places, so software market is different in each place.

We should educate about this also, so that we can have better idea of what is going on......

Any thanks to all the guys who replied and told about their openions in their countries.

Let's hope we know more about this...

Narayana Murty.

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