DSource on Google Summer of Code

[Bill Baxter]

naryl wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:00:07 +0300, janderson <askme at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>>>> We certainly will, and hopefully the book will help us gain the 
>>>> credibility
>>>> I think is needed. Also back then, Tango was a very new project in the
>>>> public space, by now we have a considerable list of users and D has 
>>>> gained
>>>> further recognition.
>>>   Being persistent also moves us from "who the heck are you guys?" to 
>>> "I've heard about D!"
>>
>> I have to say, I've been on the interview grind over the last week. 
>> Everyone I talked to (except 1) had heard about D and seemed to be 
>> interested in it but never used it or looked much into it.  I talked 
>> to about 30 engineers.
>>
>> I found a job BTW :)
>>
>> -Joel
> 
> Heh. When I was applying for a job (three months ago) nobody heard about 
> D and when I told them, nobody was interesed.
> Yes, they were Software Engineers. They just didn't want to hear about 
> anything other than Java.

I suspect from previous comments that janderson was probably looking for 
a job in the game industry, where the average age is probably 
high-twenties, and where they really care about speed.  So the 
difference in your experiences is not too surprising.

--bb