The disappointing aspect isn't that they aren't interested in it, it's that they don't know about it.
At the end of the day, there are a lot of trendy technologies that I have no use for. But its good to know about them. I probably have about equal use for NoSql as I do SQL (the first professional code I ever wrote was a NoSql database, although we didn't call it that back then).
You choose what's best for the job, but in order to know what's best you have to know what's out there.
To play devil's advocate, aren't a lot of these places where it's best not to rock the boat and risk screwups? In other words, they'll learn about new things in good time once they have big companies advertising them and have been around the block once or twice.
Whether that's sensible or not, I'm not in a position to judge, just that in that sort of world, perhaps learning about things a bit late is not a problem.
True enough. And in hindsight, I think asking people if they've heard of "NoSql" is somewhat an unfair question. The term itself is s trendy one. I'm sure there are probably people who have fixed more lines of code in NoSql databases than most people have here have written, and don't know that specific term.
Disagree. It's everywhere in tech news sources. If you read any tech news on a regular basis you can't possibly be unaware. Part of being a professional is keeping on top of new products/solutions in the field, even if they aren't immediately useful.
At the end of the day, there are a lot of trendy technologies that I have no use for. But its good to know about them. I probably have about equal use for NoSql as I do SQL (the first professional code I ever wrote was a NoSql database, although we didn't call it that back then).
You choose what's best for the job, but in order to know what's best you have to know what's out there.