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Re:Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects? by hkarthik on Saturday December 31, 2011 @12:35AM (#3410256)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects? by iapetos on Saturday December 31, 2011 @04:16PM (#3411875)
@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.

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Re:Ask HN: ASP.NET practical in terms of job prospects? by srdev on Monday January 02, 2012 @06:43PM (#3417908)
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.
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