career in J2ME

[unnikuttan kerala]

i am planning to build my career in J2ME. i searched in google and found that projects done in game application has a good opening.i am planning to explore the networking concepts in J2ME.i would like to know about the job openings in J2ME. which area in J2ME can give me more exposure and more job opportunities ..is it in game development or in networking? please guide me to plan my career in J2ME.

[Felipe Souza]

Well man it depends a little bit.... but i would say games have a bigger opening...altought maybe not as big of a paycheck....

Ppl tend to underestimate game programmers and consider this a childrens job... but what they miss is all the physics , Calculus and math involved....

[Jesus Angeles]

im curious, i dont know anything about j2me....all those mobile phones that can do java, use j2me?

[Glenn Castro]

Originally posted by Jesus Angeles:
im curious, i dont know anything about j2me....all those mobile phones that can do java, use j2me?

Not all, if you're phone has a Symbian OS, you can use C++ aside from j2me(if it has midp).
[ April 03, 2006: Message edited by: Glenn Castro ]

[Syam Sathyan George]

See Unni In India networking and Messaging(sms) based applications are really coming up, But games, not even Java Games(j2se) are Industry Stable they are coming up slowly.But as such need for J2me game programmers are really
huge abroad.
But you must be knowing that cldc requires huge expertise to build games just with midp2.Because math calculations sucks without floating math.
And with low memmory, shifting is the most used math operation compared to mult.If you are good in 3D and 2D math and Geometry then jump in for games,else dont take it as a career just because of the fancy towards graphics.Because the inside of what u see in a game is pure optimisation and maths.

[unnikuttan kerala]

yes shaym thanks for ur kind advice..see am into j2me and wish to move forward and deep into it..so i wish to do some projects on it. as u told networking and messaging(sms) based applications are good. can u please help me know some sample applications on these concepts.assist me to move forward in j2me..

thanks once again..

[Prashanth Nair]

Hi unni,

You can find quite alot of companies in J2me in India.They are from game porting ,application development,Game development and developments related to JSRs.Only you have to decide to which field u want to move in J2me...
If you have a good maths skill as well as a good aptitude for games..go for gaming...

prashanth

[Syam Sathyan George]

Let me Know What is your currrnt status Working where and position?
Then i hope i can guide into it.

[unnikuttan kerala]

thanks for ur reply shyam..am sorry to be late to reply..
I am in India , from Kerala and right now am in Bangalore.
see I completed my degree and waiting to get a break through in my career. i already did my projects in J2SE and J2EE.my enthusiasm made me to go deep into java and keep updated with the new releases. that is how am into J2ME. and i want to explore it too..

shyam as u told me that networking projects are in good demand ..now i hope u will atleast guide me to go forward to find a good project in networking (GCF or SMS) in J2ME. i wish to know some links too where i can get good projects..i want to try doing one..please..
[ May 10, 2006: Message edited by: unnikuttan kerala ]

[Carlos Eduardo Lima Borges]

Make a Services Management System.
The should be someone (Actor A) sending services for Actor B to do.
This should use the GCF. Or you should use sms to awaken the application.
There you have a project that can whichever technology you want best or use both.
If you have any doubts you can reach me at private message.

Thanks

[Syam Sathyan George]

What carlos have put for u seem to be simple and good for a beginner,
See Unni, u can use registry push or something like that to wake up the application.Am i right Carlos.