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.NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro

Posted by timothy on from the lagging-indicator dept.

mikejuk writes "Are you a newbie programmer looking for a job? It seems your best bet is to opt for .NET. According to technical jobs website Dice.com, companies in the U.S. have posted more than 10,000 positions requesting .NET experience — a 25 percent increase compared to last year's .NET job count. So Microsoft may want us to move on to Metro but the rest of the world seems to want to stay with .NET."

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  1. Re:Confused by curmudgeon99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Recall a recent article "Why We Don't Hire .NET Programmers about a CEO who said he saw .NET on a resume as a black mark? Meaning, if your resume has .NET, it means they will consider NOT choosing you as a candidate. .NET developers have everything automated for them and end up with no deep understanding of what they are doing. Remove them from Visual Studio and they cannot fend for themselves.