Simon, as others said, it's not all doom and gloom, some employers might push you down on salary, or some wouldn't mind, or you can go into another company that does WinForms as a prime and ASP.NET in addition, so you can learn as you go.
Do not feel pressured to rush and cram yourself with contents and tutorial, like say, either join open source, or think of writing a web app that can solve a problem or a need you may have, like managing your own data, etc, Or look at building a web-app that's done to death, or maybe you can write a blog in it, that will expose you to a lot of aspects, you can even think about porting some WinForms apps you've written in the past to it as well as a good learning exercise. Ultimately, pace yourself, or you'll have information overload and feel stressed and pressured. On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Simon Kuldin <[email protected] > wrote: > Cheers for the feedback… I guess I just have to continue on with my home > attempts at building a website via ASP MVC 3… **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *William Luu > *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:48 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Web Development**** > > ** ** > > Simon, while I'd say no it doesn't make you un-employable. It does mean it > may be a little more difficult to get through the door for the first > interview compared with someone else who has the same amount of .NET > experience as yourself, but as an ASP.NET dev.**** > > ** ** > > That said, it also depends on what the company that is hiring is after. I'm > sure there are many companies out there that are actively searching for good > .NET developers and would happily give you a go.**** > > On 10 August 2011 12:26, Simon Kuldin <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > I meant **un**employable**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Simon Kuldin > *Sent:* Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:18 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Web Development**** > > **** > > Hey there everyone,**** > > **** > > It seems to me that almost all of the Dot Net jobs advertised out there, > require a decent level of ASP.NET experience. Does that mean I’m pretty > much employable since I have little to no ASP.NET experience, despite my > level of Dot Net experience in WinForms and Compact Framework development? > **** > > **** > > I am studying ASP.NET when I can, but don’t have any real work experience > with it yet.**** > > **** > > I feel like I’m fighting an uphill battle to try and get into a full-time > Dot Net development role (I’m only doing Dot Net development as a portion of > my job at the moment).**** > > ** ** >
