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I work in a technology that's great to work in but has a bad reputation in places like HN because of irrational bias, there's no recession and salaries are stil

I work in a technology that's great to work in but has a bad reputation in places like HN because of irrational bias, there's no recession and salaries are still going up. Glad it keeps the competition away.

parker_mountain 3y ago
> irrational bias Then say it. :)
- belltaco 3y ago
  Sure, already got plenty of downvotes, it's C#, F# and the .NET ecosystem.
  - parker_mountain 3y ago
    I can think of a lot of reasons why companies and startups would find it bad for their use cases tbh. It's hamstrung by microsoft licensing and ecosystem, and while building tools for enterprisey stuff is great, web-style startups are more of the focus here.
    - neonsunset 3y ago
      All of it is distributed under MIT license.
  - phendrenad2 3y ago
    Off-topic but I'm curious: Where do you find .NET jobs? I don't see many on linkedin...
    - tstrimple 3y ago
      I work for a large consulting company that does work all around the world. From what I've seen, the midwest appears to have a pretty heavy use of .NET and other Microsoft technologies. Very large banking and insurance companies moving their .NET code bases to Azure. As you move further to the coasts, AWS takes over more as the cloud provider of choice for most enterprises and you see a lot more Java. Right now I'm looking for .NET + Azure architects in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois.
busterarm 3y ago
I'm going to guess Palantir or Anduril. Or similar. Honestly they have some really interesting-looking roles open. I've also heard great things about working at Anduril and not-so great things about working at Palantir.
- mmmmmbop 3y ago
  I'm sure they're talking about crypto.
  - busterarm 3y ago
    Except the job market around crypto has largely cratered and it's actually not the technically interesting to work in.
    - belltaco 3y ago
      It's C#, F# and the .NET ecosystem. Haven't gotten this many downvotes in a long time.
      - busterarm 3y ago
        Well, those haters are just stupid. That ecosystem is probably better to work in now than it ever has been and both of those languages are have a great developer experience. LINQ is powerful technology. Don't let anyone snub their noses at you. If the only options for professional engagement were the languages popular with the HN commentariat (Python, Golang, Rust), I'd probably slit my wrists. I've worked with loads of languages -- even PHP and Perl -- and would do it again without a second thought for the right company/project.
        rat9988 3y ago
        He didn't get the downvotes because of the technologies though.
        isbvhodnvemrwvn 3y ago

parker_mountain 3y ago

> irrational bias Then say it. :)

belltaco 3y ago
Sure, already got plenty of downvotes, it's C#, F# and the .NET ecosystem.
- parker_mountain 3y ago
  I can think of a lot of reasons why companies and startups would find it bad for their use cases tbh. It's hamstrung by microsoft licensing and ecosystem, and while building tools for enterprisey stuff is great, web-style startups are more of the focus here.
  - neonsunset 3y ago
    All of it is distributed under MIT license.
- phendrenad2 3y ago
  Off-topic but I'm curious: Where do you find .NET jobs? I don't see many on linkedin...
  - tstrimple 3y ago
    I work for a large consulting company that does work all around the world. From what I've seen, the midwest appears to have a pretty heavy use of .NET and other Microsoft technologies. Very large banking and insurance companies moving their .NET code bases to Azure. As you move further to the coasts, AWS takes over more as the cloud provider of choice for most enterprises and you see a lot more Java. Right now I'm looking for .NET + Azure architects in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois.

busterarm 3y ago

I'm going to guess Palantir or Anduril. Or similar. Honestly they have some really interesting-looking roles open. I've also heard great things about working at Anduril and not-so great things about working at Palantir.

mmmmmbop 3y ago
I'm sure they're talking about crypto.
- busterarm 3y ago
  Except the job market around crypto has largely cratered and it's actually not the technically interesting to work in.
  - belltaco 3y ago
    It's C#, F# and the .NET ecosystem. Haven't gotten this many downvotes in a long time.
    - busterarm 3y ago
      Well, those haters are just stupid. That ecosystem is probably better to work in now than it ever has been and both of those languages are have a great developer experience. LINQ is powerful technology. Don't let anyone snub their noses at you. If the only options for professional engagement were the languages popular with the HN commentariat (Python, Golang, Rust), I'd probably slit my wrists. I've worked with loads of languages -- even PHP and Perl -- and would do it again without a second thought for the right company/project.
      - rat9988 3y ago
        He didn't get the downvotes because of the technologies though.
      - isbvhodnvemrwvn 3y ago