On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 01:01:31PM -0300, Germ??n Arduino wrote:
2018-06-01 9:33 GMT-03:00 David T. Lewis lewis@mail.msen.com:
On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 12:50:08AM -0700, John Pfersich wrote:
Smalltalk is a hobby; I haven???t had an offer for Smalltalk work since
As with you, Smalltalk is a hobby for me.
I should have realized this before and then I would not have wasted 20 years with Smalltalk, who barely bought me a cup or two of tea :(
You should think twice about this. If you thought that Smalltalk was going to make you rich, then you are probably a sad and disappointed person. If you thought that Smalltalk might be a tool to help you think clearly and explore new ideas, then you may be a happy and satisfied person.
I don't know if anyone will ever make any money by being happy and satisfied, but I can say that in my own experience that the learning that I have done with Squeak has been a big part of enabling me to make a decent income in the last 10 or 15 years of my professional life.
To put it in more concrete terms: I do systems integration work for a manufacturing company, and this involves (among other things) some custom software development (not Squeak, not Smalltalk). I am good at what I do, and I get paid for it. A significant part of the "I am good at what I do" aspect is attributable to Squeak, or more specifically the learning that I have derived from Squeak.
So I am a happy "hobby" Smalltalker. I make zero income from Squeak, but I can honestly tell you that a good deal of my actual professional income is supported by my hobby.
YMMV,
Dave