I did several session at VSLive recently. As always I give out my email address in every session so that they attendees can contact me with questions. Sometimes these questions are related to the session – sometimes they are not. I’m not sure which session this particular gentleman was in but I got this interesting note yesterday.
Josh
I just sat through your talk at VSLIVE. I tried to speak with you after the seminar but you were pretty busy.
I teach CS for [Some College], and I’m trying to get a feel for where the current and future jobs are for new grads with little or no experience so I can adjust our program.
If we could only teach one track, would you recommend ASP.NET with VB, ASP.NET with C#, Windows programming with VB, or Windows programming with C#?
That is, is web development bigger than windows development now, and is that expected to change in the next 5 years?
And is C# growing faster than VB or vice-versa?
Thanks Josh. I really learned a lot in your presentation.
Sincerely,
Name Hidden
Computer Science Instructor
Some College
Somewhere, USA
Immediately you should be able to see the issue. The pat answer is that if you and your shop know VB or a VB like syntax, then you should use VB.NET and if you and your shop know C, C++, Java, or some other semi-colon profuse language, then they should go with C#.
However, this is a blank slate. There is no shop. The students don’t know anything so there’s only the future to look to for guidance. Yeah right!
Really I can boil the question down to this:
Where are tech jobs going to be in 4 years when these students graduate?
Wow! That’s a tough question. I’m actually going to reserve judgment on this topic until I hear from others. Please leave my comments on the blog at http://www.srtsolutions.com/public/blog/19990.
| C# | VB.NET | |
| Web | ? | ? |
| Windows | ? | ? |