I dislike .Net. I enjoy perl/python more. I work on a .Net app now. It has tons of complexity that any other app has, if anything more complexity because of th

I dislike .Net. I enjoy perl/python more. I work on a .Net app now. It has tons of complexity that any other app has, if anything more complexity because of the requirements put around you. Perl and Python are like poetry. You can do whatever you want. .Net is like a haiku. You have limitations, but often times those very limitations are what allow you to focus on the true meaning of the code, and what it should be doing. I think there is some level of truth to the article, but it's overstating it, which is clear. "Why we don't hire .Net programmers" turns into ".NET on your resume isn’t an instant showstopper. " turns into "If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of .NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there." So ask why it's there. Just like ask why Python is there, or ask why Perl is there. So really, what you're saying is, it's important to ask why they programmer in the particular languages they choose, and use that information to determine why they do what they do. Prefer people who do it like a hobby as opposed to those that do it as a job. Great. But what does that have to do with .Net? Oh yeah, you just don't like it. That's fine, I don't either but I don't immediately think a programmer is bad because they use .Net. I think that they are bad because they use PHP.