I use Basic in the form of VBA to automate Excel, and VB.NET on projects that are already written in it (that I don't have time to port to C#). In other words,

I use Basic in the form of VBA to automate Excel, and VB.NET on projects that are already written in it (that I don't have time to port to C#). In other words, I use it when I'm forced to. I almost always end up resenting it, a little or a lot. I don't like the verbosity, among other things. And VBA in particular lacks a lot of what I would consider essential infrastructure. Not to shit on my early days learning programming. Basic was my 2nd language, and even after years away, I was able to jump right back into it. But once you learn how to walk, crawling loses its appeal.