OT: marketability for map-programmers?

[Abe Gillespie]

Go to Monster.com and do a search on "ArcIMS".  You'll find plenty. 
I'm sure jobs are starting to surface there with "MapServer" as a
keyword.  Of course we want to promote MapServer so hopefully you can
find a company that backs OSS.  Maybe you can get your foot into an
ESRI based operation and slowly start weaning them off of ESRI and
onto OSS.

Good luck!
-Abe

On 9/26/05, Jeff Portwine <jdport at veritime.com> wrote:
> I know this question isn't specifically about mapserver, but I figured if
> anybody could answer this question you guys could.   I've been working with
> mapserver for 6 months or so now.   I started with no GIS knowledge
> whatsoever, but was assigned this project in my job and over time I've
> learned a lot about mapserver and mapping in general.    I very much enjoyed
> working on this project because it was so different from anything else I've
> ever done and would like to pursue finding a job where I could do more of
> this type of work and hopefully continue to learn more about it.    I was
> just curious what kind of a market is out there for this type of
> programming/application development and how I might be able to find out if
> any companies in my area are looking for people to do this kind of work?
>
> Thanks!
> -Jeff
>