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 and the face that it has MVC now as a part of it frameworks make me think that a jump to another MVC framework like RoR would be possible. Any tips or links for ASP.NET MVC 2 or 3 ?
That being said, if you are reading HN you are probably interested in the startup community and you will not find as many startups using it.
If you like .NET you can also do iPhone and Android development using http://xamarin.com/.
I'm hit up multiple times a week with emails or calls from recruiters wondering if I'm available or know anybody that is.
You may as well start off in MVC3, but the fundamentals between 2 and 3 are the same so learning using content targeted at 2 will carry over to 3.
As far as training, Pluralsight was mentioned in another comment below, it's an excellent resource and well worth the subscription fee for it's breadth of content. In addition tekpub.com offers training vids in MVC. Both Pluralsight and tekpub offer videos that go beyond .NET into things like javascript, jquery, Android dev, iOS, CSS etc...
C# gets a lot more love from MS than VB does.
It's not completely main stream in the .NET community right now, and you will find that a lot of enterprises are still on Web Forms. None of that matters in the slightest though.
You do not want to work anywhere that isn't looking to make a move to MVC, or that is under the impression that knowing MVC you can't figure Web Forms out on the job.
I just left one employer (50,000 + employees) doing MVC (along with Web Forms, RoR, iPhone and other stuff), to move to another much smaller (but better paying) employer doing MVC. I live in flyover country (Knoxville TN) and am getting close to west coast rates doing MVC.
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.
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.
The OP might have more luck getting in with a consulting firm if possible since the variety of projects could lead to greater chances of working with MVC and more current .NET tech.
