Re:55 year old preparing for out of work
by bmelton on Sunday January 01, 2012 @09:51PM
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Actually I second this. In addition, you could make your own projects and keep using ASP classic.
I have personally had more ASP classic in my life than I wanted to, but aside from its age and possibly dwindling support, there's no reason you couldn't make a game or app that you wanted, target to a mobile platform and slowly learn ASP.Net or another language in the meantime.
I highly recommend Python, FWIW. I tried jumping from classic ASP to Perl, C and Ruby, but none of them stuck until I found Python, so at least from my perspective, it's an easy transition from ASP to Python. Your mileage may vary.
I have personally had more ASP classic in my life than I wanted to, but aside from its age and possibly dwindling support, there's no reason you couldn't make a game or app that you wanted, target to a mobile platform and slowly learn ASP.Net or another language in the meantime.
I highly recommend Python, FWIW. I tried jumping from classic ASP to Perl, C and Ruby, but none of them stuck until I found Python, so at least from my perspective, it's an easy transition from ASP to Python. Your mileage may vary.