All, A question from an amateur - What would the split be roughly of professional developers and larger developer organisations that use VB compared to C# ?
Is one any better than the other for particular purposes? Regards ... Paul Evrat .. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DotNet Dude Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2011 4:28 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Web Development On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Michael Ridland <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Smart Employers look for someone who's smart, can learn and gets things > done. I would take on someone based on that not what specific platform > knowledge they had. Haven't run into any of those recently. Nailed the interview last month but got turned down for doing vb the last 2 years and not c#. Probably better i didn't go there anyways i guess but left a sour taste in my mouth > > It's great to learn MVC first. Learning WebForms will teach you the wrong > way to do web development. > > ps, where are you based? can you send me your CV I might know someone > interested? > > Thanks, > > Michael Ridland | ThinkSmart Digital > Managing Director > P. 0404 865 350 > E. [email protected] > W. www.thinksmartdigital.com.au > T. www.twitter.com/rid00z > L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Simon Kuldin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi William, >> >> >> >> Thanks.. maybe Ill have a go at the exam once Ive done enough study via >> the pluralsight website. That being said, I probably should have started >> with WebForms rather than MVC, but Im already curious with MVC now. >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of William Luu >> Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2011 1:10 PM >> >> To: ozDotNet >> Subject: Re: Web Development >> >> >> >> Hi Simon, perhaps if you passed one of those MS ASP.NET exams it may help? >> >> >> >> Maybe this one? 70-515: "Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET >> Framework 4" http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-515 >> >> On 10 August 2011 13:02, 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 Im 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 dont have any real work experience >> with it yet. >> >> >> >> I feel like Im fighting an uphill battle to try and get into a full-time >> Dot Net development role (Im only doing Dot Net development as a portion of >> my job at the moment). >> >> >> >> > > > > > >
