Where as large 'tech' companies don't tend to be like this.
Disagree. I would argue Java is more of a choice for "Enterprise".
Also, would you please define the scope of "enterprise".
If you mean "enterprise" as someone who want consistent and predictable management and productivity, then sure .NET is "enterprisy", because instead of a dragon they want a fossil.
But if you mean "enterprise" as they want to sell their core product, and sometimes that pushes to high developmental velocity with multiple development team to tackle on a feature, then .NET is evolving fast enough that it is not so considered "enterprisy".
Heck, even Ruby on Rails would replace .NET for that, especially when you consider the e-commerce scene that is either Ruby or PHP (Wordpress).
Just look at C# and its incredible language revision every year.
.NET was literally created to replace the Java enterprise ecosystem. It never managed to completely displace it, but effectively gained around half of the enterprise market - and it will take more and more, after Oracle started pulling their usual boa-constrictor moves. C# is as "enterprisey" as they come, and it went full-opensource only once it became a requirement even in the enterprise.
But I would levy the same complaint with most Java[1] usage as well.
1. https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpris...
Yes, again, you're criticizing the practices of enterprises not dotnet. It has nothing to do with how "dotnet shops operate".
I'm at a dotnet shop who doesn't work anything like that. I've been at multiple of them. It has nothing to do with dotnet itself.
I'm not saying all dotnet places are like this, but they are common.
