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0 pointskinjba114y ago0 comments

> But I won't be looking for .NET jobs

Have heard this sentiment in more than one comment in places like HN. "The {tech} is great, but the culture was ... so I'm not putting {tech} on my resume". And So it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy :). Yet some tech seem immune to this. They don't say "X is great but the culture was crap, so I'm abandoning X", they say "X is great but the culture was crap so I'm changing jobs".

It really drives home that culture is critical, and even the worst tech can be tolerable if it is thought of as cool. Though of course the thought of abandoning ship to learn the latest and greatest solely to avoid legacy C++98/Spring/WebForms/whatever is naturally appealing.

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jgilias4y ago

I see your point.

But then, do you really believe one would be a smart person if they were to look for .NET jobs where at the same time Windows is not the dominant environment that people use at work?

DeathArrow4y ago

>Windows is not the dominant environment that people use at work

Are you sure about that? Maybe Windows is not dominant when you look at startups.

Anyway, what .NET has to do with Windows now? You can happily use it on Linux or macOS.

tonyedgecombe4y ago

>You can happily use it on Linux or macOS.

I would say that has only just become the case and still isn't for desktop development.

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