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Influx of new developers != increasing utility of the language, especially for seasoned devs. As the OP notes, It seems as though the whole philosophy of .NET
by dexen 15y ago
Influx of new developers != increasing utility of the language, especially for seasoned devs.
As the OP notes, It seems as though the whole philosophy of .NET centres on catering to the novice, but even as the novice evolves into the “advanced beginner” they inevitably find they want and need more.
- elemeno 15y agoWith everything that's been and being added to C#, I'd argue that it keeps getting more and more interesting for experienced developers and further away from novices. Your typical novice developer is going to have a hell of a time trying to understand any non-trivial C# projects these days with all the function features that have been added - especially with things like PLINQ and TPL. The utility for experienced developers has increased over the years, it's accessibly to inexperienced developers has, however, decreased.
- recoiledsnake 15y agoI think the argument is about viability of a career choice. New developers don't come up in a vacuum if there's no demand, they'll quickly switch to something that pays the bills. Is there any indicator(other than a few HN posts) that .NET (or # of seasoned devs in .NET) is actually in decline?