I constantly remind myself that HN does not actually represent what most customers want and/or need in the real world. Most routine jobs/contracts at the coalf

I constantly remind myself that HN does not actually represent what most customers want and/or need in the real world. Most routine jobs/contracts at the coalface are still Java/.NET (possibly with a bit of Kotlin thrown in) - I even see companies looking for PHP developers on a weekly basis. They are definitely alive and kicking, though if you judged based on this website alone, they all ceased to exist 10 years, replaced by Golang, Elixir and Clojure. Mild exaggeration (and it's not a criticism of the people here), but you get my drift. People here like to talk about new/shiny/cutting-edge - and that's fine, but it's also not necessarily what customers/clients want or need. C#/.NET in particular, though not perfect, is one of the most pleasurable languages/frameworks to work in.