D on Slashdot

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 at 00:33:00 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 at 00:11:46 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote:
>> http://developers.slashdot.org/story/15/01/20/2026221/is-d-an-underrated-programming-language?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
>
> I said this earlier on reddit too, but I think it is a bit too 
> narrow to look for jobs that directly use D as a measure.
>
> Don't get me wrong, it'd be nice if there were more, but I 
> actually got a couple out-of-the-blue job offers over the last 
> month explicitly due to my experience with D - they saw it as a 
> good indicator.
>
> Now, imagine if a bunch of companies are hiring people with D 
> experience... it is just a matter of time before D users are in 
> decision-making positions...
>
>
> But even if that doesn't come to pass, these are hiring people 
> who recognize the name D and see some value in candidates who 
> know it, even if it just shows ongoing professional 
> development. Not a bad thing!

What's interesting is that the original linked article was 
written by a blogger at dice.com, a long-standing job search 
website:

http://news.dice.com/2015/01/20/state-d-2015/

A nice overview of the current D situation by David Bolton- not 
the usual filler you see from non-technical authors as he 
specifically mentions the GC, dub, modules, etc. and details 
about how they work- D can only hope for more such appreciative 
and nuanced coverage.