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Re: Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects?

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Post by iapetos » Thu, Dec 29, 2011, 9:01 PM UTC

jbigelow76 wrote: post #5

.NET is very pragmatic as far as job opportunities go (I'll leave it for the zealots to dither about "startup" jobs vs "enterprise" jobs). I'm hit up multiple times a week with emails or calls from recruiters wondering if I'm available or know anybody that is. You may as well start off in MVC3, but the fundamentals between 2 and 3 are the same so learning using content targeted at 2 will carry over to 3. As far as tr…

Thank for chiming in @jbigelow I am on Pluralsight and that is a great resource indeed. However, since I do not have any VB programming experience should I start learning VB first and then get into ASP.NET ?

Re: Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects?

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Post by steverb » Fri, Dec 30, 2011, 2:27 AM UTC

iapetos wrote: post #11

jbigelow76 wrote: post #5

.NET is very pragmatic as far as job opportunities go (I'll leave it for the zealots to dither about "startup" jobs vs "enterprise" jobs). I'm hit up multiple times a week with emails or calls from recruiters wondering if I'm available or know anybody that is. You may as well start off in MVC3, but the fundamentals between 2 and 3 are the same so learning using content targeted at 2 will carry over to 3. As far as tr…

Thank for chiming in @jbigelow I am on Pluralsight and that is a great resource indeed. However, since I do not have any VB programming experience should I start learning VB first and then get into ASP.NET ?

No. Learn C#. There is much wider adoption of C#, and in the early days of .NET C# skills actually commanded a higher salary (it has the letter C, it must be good).

C# gets a lot more love from MS than VB does.

Re: Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects?

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Post by hkarthik » Sat, Dec 31, 2011, 5:35 AM UTC

There are lots of jobs for anyone capable and willing to do ASP.NET. But building a career on .NET can lock you into the Microsoft ecosystem in the eyes of many employers. Depending on how you look at it, that can be a good or bad thing.

I have tried to get hands on with Android development but since I did not have a Java background i hit a wall. I am discovering a liking for .NET

I'm curious about this statement, mainly because C# in .NET is very close to Java. The Visual Studio IDE definitely makes things more approachable for newbies than Eclipse, but I'm interested to know more about the 'wall' you are hitting with Java.

Re: Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects?

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Post by iapetos » Sat, Dec 31, 2011, 9:16 PM UTC

hkarthik wrote: post #13

There are lots of jobs for anyone capable and willing to do ASP.NET. But building a career on .NET can lock you into the Microsoft ecosystem in the eyes of many employers. Depending on how you look at it, that can be a good or bad thing. I have tried to get hands on with Android development but since I did not have a Java background i hit a wall. I am discovering a liking for .NET I'm curious about this statement, ma…

@hkarthik I understand getting trapped in the ecosystem. That is a choice I would have to make if I am going into .NET.

By the wall probably it is the Visual studio IDE that is making the learning process easier for me. Probably that is what it is.

Re: Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects?

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Post by srdev » Mon, Jan 02, 2012, 11:43 PM UTC

iapetos wrote: post #14

hkarthik wrote: post #13

There are lots of jobs for anyone capable and willing to do ASP.NET. But building a career on .NET can lock you into the Microsoft ecosystem in the eyes of many employers. Depending on how you look at it, that can be a good or bad thing. I have tried to get hands on with Android development but since I did not have a Java background i hit a wall. I am discovering a liking for .NET I'm curious about this statement, ma…

@hkarthik I understand getting trapped in the ecosystem. That is a choice I would have to make if I am going into .NET. By the wall probably it is the Visual studio IDE that is making the learning process easier for me. Probably that is what it is.

You don't have to be trapped in the ecosystem. I made a transition from a .Net ecosystem into Linux + Java a while back. It's hard, but not impossible, especially if you keep up to date with your non-.Net skills.