.Net Programmers Fall in CNN's Top 5 In-Demand

GT_Alias writes "CNN Money is reporting that .Net programmers are one of the top 5 most in-demand jobs. Of the positions where recent surveys have indicated a labor shortage, .Net developers and QA analysts are the two that fell under the 'technology' category. According to CNN Money, .Net developers can make between $75-85K starting out in major cities, with the potential to make 15% more if they have a particular proficiency. Additionally, QA workers can make $65-75K a year with the ability to negotiate a 10-15% pay jump if they switch jobs. How does this information compare with the Slashdot crowd's real-world experience?"

Comments

Qué?

[Mathiasdm]

Nothing for you to see here, please move along

It must be because I can only program Java. *sigh*

Re:Qué?

[Anonymous Coward]

If you were a little smarter then you would be the .net programmer instead of the donut fetcher.

Re:Large groups of employers

[OverlordQ]

Neither perl nor python are very popular for large application development, even on unix. So there isn't much demand.

Bah, that's because we already solved all the problems ;)

Re:They don't know what .NET is

[roesti]

Don't worry, even Microsoft doesn't know what .NET is yet.

Re:.NET? Who cares?

[Jugalator]

I don't intend to waste my time learning it, because it's dead-end technology for a dying platform.

... taking the "FreeBSD is dying" to new levels.

Windows and/or .NET is dying, yes, it sure looks like that on the top 5 list. *rolls eyes*

What list/article were you looking at?

Work experience

[Anonymous Coward]

Let me guess: they can't find programmers with 10 years .NET-experience?

Re:.NET? Who cares?

[CaymanIslandCarpedie]

What list/article were you looking at?

He don't need no stinking lists! He once talked to a guy who once sat next to a guy who's brother read the VS.NET EULA! Live and in person!!! 'nuff said! Do not question his authoritaaaaa!

Top In Demand Job: #6

[Anonymous Coward]

Furniture repairman at Microsoft.

Supply and demand

[ThePyro]

That definitely fits our experience in the Dallas area. We've tried twice in the last 6-8 months to hire another .NET developer, but both times we've come up short. Hundreds of resumes were submitted, and only about 5-10 of them had the .NET experience that we requested.

And unfortunately, the guy we ended up hiring had lied on his resume about his 2 years of .NET experience... he was hoping to learn "on the job" as it were, and we ended up having to fire him and rewrite all the code he had written, which was, of course, awful.

Does this supprise anyone?

[ninja_assault_kitten]

The only people who would dispute the superiority of Visual Studio, C# and ASP.NET would be those who've never spent more than 2 hours in any of them. And that was just .NET 1.x :) .NET 2.0 is like stepping into a time machine and move 10 years ahead of anything else out there.

Re:I'd say thats about right

[heinousjay]

Yeah, get angry. That anger will get you... well, nothing at all. But I bet it feels good, at first.

I'm with you!

[ylikone]

I don't care if you and I will get moderated as flamebait or troll!!

I have a university degree in CS and have been working in the industry for about a decade now... and I REFUSE to work with anything Microsoft related. I would not take a job because of it and I will quit a job that introduces it later.

More jobs for the shmoo's who have no personal integrity... good... I don't f*cking care!

Death to Microsoft!