Working with hard core ruby, C/C++ and python people who said they thought C# was amazing (even better than their core competency). Teaming up with amazing Java

Working with hard core ruby, C/C++ and python people who said they thought C# was amazing (even better than their core competency). Teaming up with amazing Java developers and when they see the way C# handles generics and mixing in functional programming elements; they are blown away. You are selling yourself short to dismiss it just because it is from Microsoft.