Comments on: ruby, python, php, java Job Trends | Indeed.com

By: Anton Olsen.com » Blog Archive » Google Trends, Java, PHP, Ruby, Python

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:36:42 +0000

[...] brings up a good question in the comments on the indeed.com comparison of the languages. While I don’t believe the trends in search terms are a good measure of job possibilities [...]

By: Anton

Anton — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:19:53 +0000

Silveria,

Did you look at the absolute or the relative graphs? They are significantly different.

The graphs above show the relative graphs, or percentage of growth. The absolute graphs are much less exciting.

There are still more Java jobs than the others, but the number appears to be dropping slightly, compared to some steep growth in the other three languages.

By: Silveira Neto

Silveira Neto — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:42:24 +0000

I went to the same site, tryed some languages (ruby, python, java, etc) and the results was very different.

By: Anton

Anton — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:28:21 +0000

The number of php jobs is astronomically higher. I just thought it was interesting to compare the growth rates for each language.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:24:22 +0000

I think this makes an insightful point. However, the number of php opportunities are probably astronomically higher than ruby opportunities. But thanks for sharing.

By: Anton

Anton — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:23:53 +0000

I started to answer your question with a comment, but it grew too big. Here’s the result of a quick look at Google trends, and my late night analysis of the data:
http://antonolsen.com/2008/02/15/google-trends-java-php-ruby-python/

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:33:26 +0000

What about other trend results from other sites? (eg. Google Trends)

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:30:05 +0000

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