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ASK HN: Why do you dislike .NET?

4 points by Dejen45 ↗ HN
Im an entrepreneur, the title is a broad assumption, but I've been looking for some .NET people to work alongside my internal (23 - 29 year old) team.

After giving my pitch at tech get-togethers in MN, people are at least interested, but I say '.NET' and I get: A. "ugh...why would you use .net?" or B. "I COULD PROBABLY do .net"

So my questions:

1. What makes software developers choose your language of specialization? Is it a generational thing?

2. How do I find good .net developers?

Thanks everybody

fyi, the company is a common app for performing arts schools, specialize in video + media: www.artsapp.com

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runjake
I don't, .NET is brilliant, even if it's model is a bit antiquated these days and they're playing "me too" (as with so many other things) with ASP.NET MVC (which is kind of .NET on Rails).

The main reason why I don't use .NET much anymore is licensing costs. There are better, or "good enough" stuff out there that are free. The tools are free, the stack (os, web server, tools, runtime) is free.

dan_b
I use .Net at work because my employers are happy to spend £thousands on servers and licenses and tools. I use free stuff at home because I am poor.
gaius
Simple, you don't want to hire those people anyway. "could probably" means they've zero experience of it but assume it must be easy because... PHP is easy?

People with skills recognize that the .NET platform is state-of-the-art, and know that with the magic word BizSpark the Windows platform costs basically nothing.

PS some advice for free: don't refer to people as "resources".

Dejen45
Thanks gaius for your words,

Yeah, the 'could probably' responses are the ones I watch out for...

RE: the post, .NET PEOPLE, and resources to find those people.

BizSpark is a great program (we're a part of it) but still young. I don't think BizSpark alone is incentive for a young adult developer to start learning .net (therefore depleting the # of .net people in the future).

thoughts?

stonemetal
1 I typically hear about things here, reddit, wherever I currently look for news. Then get curious about the topic and go exploring.

2. Go where good .net devs hang out and recruit them. Stack overflow seems like a good .net hangout.