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I'm a 21 y.o. self-taught PHP/Mysql/Javascript developer with some important work experience. I have no knowledge of the .NET framework and just a very broad experience in C.

I've been proposed to work for

• A web-development startup, made by 2 guys and with 5/6 employees in which I should mainly write PHP scripts for managing datasets and applications. No information were provided about the stability of the workplace and the duration of the contract: sounded more like "as long as the company is ok and you're important for the team you're in". The guys I've talked to were enthusiastic about my skills and prior experiences.




• A company focusing in .NET development for entrepreneurs. I've been contacted by the project manager who's offering me a 1 year long contract during which I should learn to code C# and, obviously, work for them with the knowledge I'd acquire during the stage.

Because a day is just 24h long, I can accept just one of these positions. No information were provided about salaries (assume they're equal) but both are remunerated. So here's some questions.

• In Italy, it looks like there's a huge demand for .NET developers: I couldn't say the same about other countries (or am I wrong?). Considering that I'm willing to relocate in the future, is it really worth learning such a wide framework? Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced. Does .NET development has a bright future? I feel like I can't take a responsable and objective opinion about it, having never talked with a .NET developer in my life.




• Should I apply for a job for which required skills I'm already prepared in or should I opt for a more challenging position and expand my knowledge?

Thanks!

software-industry startup

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asked Jun 8 '13 at 20:04

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closed as off topic by Justin Cave, Blrfl, Jim G., jcmeloni, gnat Jun 9 '13 at 9:14

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  Thanks for the edit jmort - downvoter care to explain what's wrong with the question?
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  Hi Saturnix, asking folks to make a decision as to which job you should take is really off-topic on our site. I suspect that's the reason for the downvotes. I'm not really sure my edit helped much. However, you could edit to focus more on asking how you can make the decision. That would be helpful to future visitors who also have to weigh an important career decision. Hope this helps! :)
  – jmort253♦
  Jun 9 '13 at 1:22
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  possible duplicate of Found a fantastic job but just don't have the experience; should I still apply?
  – gnat
  Jun 9 '13 at 9:14
  

  
  
  
  

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I'm a 21 y.o. self-taught PHP/Mysql/Javascript developer with some important work experience. I have no knowledge of the .NET framework and just a very broad experience in C.

I've been proposed to work for

• A web-development startup, made by 2 guys and with 5/6 employees in which I should mainly write PHP scripts for managing datasets and applications. No information were provided about the stability of the workplace and the duration of the contract: sounded more like "as long as the company is ok and you're important for the team you're in". The guys I've talked to were enthusiastic about my skills and prior experiences.




• A company focusing in .NET development for entrepreneurs. I've been contacted by the project manager who's offering me a 1 year long contract during which I should learn to code C# and, obviously, work for them with the knowledge I'd acquire during the stage.

Because a day is just 24h long, I can accept just one of these positions. No information were provided about salaries (assume they're equal) but both are remunerated. So here's some questions.

• In Italy, it looks like there's a huge demand for .NET developers: I couldn't say the same about other countries (or am I wrong?). Considering that I'm willing to relocate in the future, is it really worth learning such a wide framework? Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced. Does .NET development has a bright future? I feel like I can't take a responsable and objective opinion about it, having never talked with a .NET developer in my life.




• Should I apply for a job for which required skills I'm already prepared in or should I opt for a more challenging position and expand my knowledge?

Thanks!

software-industry startup

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edited Jun 12 '13 at 12:31

asked Jun 8 '13 at 20:04

Saturnix

1175

closed as off topic by Justin Cave, Blrfl, Jim G., jcmeloni, gnat Jun 9 '13 at 9:14

Questions on The Workplace Stack Exchange are expected to relate to the workplace within the scope defined by the community. Consider editing the question or leaving comments for improvement if you believe the question can be reworded to fit within the scope. Read more about reopening questions here. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.

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  Thanks for the edit jmort - downvoter care to explain what's wrong with the question?
  – Saturnix
  Jun 8 '13 at 23:59
  

  
  
  
  


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  Hi Saturnix, asking folks to make a decision as to which job you should take is really off-topic on our site. I suspect that's the reason for the downvotes. I'm not really sure my edit helped much. However, you could edit to focus more on asking how you can make the decision. That would be helpful to future visitors who also have to weigh an important career decision. Hope this helps! :)
  – jmort253♦
  Jun 9 '13 at 1:22
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  possible duplicate of Found a fantastic job but just don't have the experience; should I still apply?
  – gnat
  Jun 9 '13 at 9:14
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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up vote
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I'm a 21 y.o. self-taught PHP/Mysql/Javascript developer with some important work experience. I have no knowledge of the .NET framework and just a very broad experience in C.

I've been proposed to work for

• A web-development startup, made by 2 guys and with 5/6 employees in which I should mainly write PHP scripts for managing datasets and applications. No information were provided about the stability of the workplace and the duration of the contract: sounded more like "as long as the company is ok and you're important for the team you're in". The guys I've talked to were enthusiastic about my skills and prior experiences.




• A company focusing in .NET development for entrepreneurs. I've been contacted by the project manager who's offering me a 1 year long contract during which I should learn to code C# and, obviously, work for them with the knowledge I'd acquire during the stage.

Because a day is just 24h long, I can accept just one of these positions. No information were provided about salaries (assume they're equal) but both are remunerated. So here's some questions.

• In Italy, it looks like there's a huge demand for .NET developers: I couldn't say the same about other countries (or am I wrong?). Considering that I'm willing to relocate in the future, is it really worth learning such a wide framework? Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced. Does .NET development has a bright future? I feel like I can't take a responsable and objective opinion about it, having never talked with a .NET developer in my life.




• Should I apply for a job for which required skills I'm already prepared in or should I opt for a more challenging position and expand my knowledge?

Thanks!

software-industry startup

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edited Jun 12 '13 at 12:31

asked Jun 8 '13 at 20:04

Saturnix

1175

I'm a 21 y.o. self-taught PHP/Mysql/Javascript developer with some important work experience. I have no knowledge of the .NET framework and just a very broad experience in C.

I've been proposed to work for

• A web-development startup, made by 2 guys and with 5/6 employees in which I should mainly write PHP scripts for managing datasets and applications. No information were provided about the stability of the workplace and the duration of the contract: sounded more like "as long as the company is ok and you're important for the team you're in". The guys I've talked to were enthusiastic about my skills and prior experiences.




• A company focusing in .NET development for entrepreneurs. I've been contacted by the project manager who's offering me a 1 year long contract during which I should learn to code C# and, obviously, work for them with the knowledge I'd acquire during the stage.

Because a day is just 24h long, I can accept just one of these positions. No information were provided about salaries (assume they're equal) but both are remunerated. So here's some questions.

• In Italy, it looks like there's a huge demand for .NET developers: I couldn't say the same about other countries (or am I wrong?). Considering that I'm willing to relocate in the future, is it really worth learning such a wide framework? Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced. Does .NET development has a bright future? I feel like I can't take a responsable and objective opinion about it, having never talked with a .NET developer in my life.




• Should I apply for a job for which required skills I'm already prepared in or should I opt for a more challenging position and expand my knowledge?

Thanks!

software-industry startup

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edited Jun 12 '13 at 12:31

asked Jun 8 '13 at 20:04

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Saturnix

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closed as off topic by Justin Cave, Blrfl, Jim G., jcmeloni, gnat Jun 9 '13 at 9:14

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  Thanks for the edit jmort - downvoter care to explain what's wrong with the question?
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  Hi Saturnix, asking folks to make a decision as to which job you should take is really off-topic on our site. I suspect that's the reason for the downvotes. I'm not really sure my edit helped much. However, you could edit to focus more on asking how you can make the decision. That would be helpful to future visitors who also have to weigh an important career decision. Hope this helps! :)
  – jmort253♦
  Jun 9 '13 at 1:22
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  possible duplicate of Found a fantastic job but just don't have the experience; should I still apply?
  – gnat
  Jun 9 '13 at 9:14
  

  
  
  
  

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  Thanks for the edit jmort - downvoter care to explain what's wrong with the question?
  – Saturnix
  Jun 8 '13 at 23:59
  

  
  
  
  


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  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Hi Saturnix, asking folks to make a decision as to which job you should take is really off-topic on our site. I suspect that's the reason for the downvotes. I'm not really sure my edit helped much. However, you could edit to focus more on asking how you can make the decision. That would be helpful to future visitors who also have to weigh an important career decision. Hope this helps! :)
  – jmort253♦
  Jun 9 '13 at 1:22
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  possible duplicate of Found a fantastic job but just don't have the experience; should I still apply?
  – gnat
  Jun 9 '13 at 9:14
  

  
  
  
  

Thanks for the edit jmort - downvoter care to explain what's wrong with the question?
– Saturnix
Jun 8 '13 at 23:59

Thanks for the edit jmort - downvoter care to explain what's wrong with the question?
– Saturnix
Jun 8 '13 at 23:59

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Hi Saturnix, asking folks to make a decision as to which job you should take is really off-topic on our site. I suspect that's the reason for the downvotes. I'm not really sure my edit helped much. However, you could edit to focus more on asking how you can make the decision. That would be helpful to future visitors who also have to weigh an important career decision. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Jun 9 '13 at 1:22

Hi Saturnix, asking folks to make a decision as to which job you should take is really off-topic on our site. I suspect that's the reason for the downvotes. I'm not really sure my edit helped much. However, you could edit to focus more on asking how you can make the decision. That would be helpful to future visitors who also have to weigh an important career decision. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Jun 9 '13 at 1:22

possible duplicate of Found a fantastic job but just don't have the experience; should I still apply?
– gnat
Jun 9 '13 at 9:14

possible duplicate of Found a fantastic job but just don't have the experience; should I still apply?
– gnat
Jun 9 '13 at 9:14

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Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced.

I'm interested to hear what makes you think that.

Knowing C# definitely improves your job prospects, and a lot of interesting work is done primarily, although by no means exclusively, in .NET. The answer to your question I think depends on the following: Do you want to learn C#? Your will to learn new things will dictate how happy this situation is likely to be for you; if you're keen to learn for the sake of learning, the opportunity to do so and get paid for it ought to be really attractive for you. If you're not that interested in C#, doing it just because it's easy to get a job probably isn't the right reason.

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answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

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  open source and free technologies are always to be favourite: that's why I was thinking that... But, most likely, I'm totally wrong. Thanks for pointing out your interesting point of view!
  – Saturnix
  Jun 8 '13 at 20:19
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  It really depends, I know quite a few companies where their products offer tight integration with office that develop using the .NET stack due to it's ease of integration. I don't think .NET is going away anytime soon unless company's start moving away from Windows in general. For web development it's usually preferred to have the open source stack due to stability and lack of cost, but many company's are still employing ASP.NET developers for everything from public facing sites to intranets.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:01
  

  
  
  
  


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  Also, many company's are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their servers so cost isn't really a factor.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:02
  

  
  
  
  

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I can't make any carreer advice, but point out some aspects.

Construction workers are rarely "hammer/saw operators" or "nail gun/stick saw operators" - they build houses with whatever tools they have for the job.

If you start to see yourself as a web developer - the tech stack is merly a set of tools. Starting to work with C# or sticking with PHP won't likely change you job opportunities for web developement in the future.

The decision you have to make is if you want to broaden your set of tools or really master the set you already know. Both PHP and C#/.NET still have large market shares and while we cannot know how tomorrows web dev tooling would look like they should both be decent choices.

I suggest that you focus on other things such as work environment, challenging tasks, benefits, development opportunities and the like.

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answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

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2 Answers
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active

oldest

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active

oldest

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active

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up vote
4
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accepted

Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced.

I'm interested to hear what makes you think that.

Knowing C# definitely improves your job prospects, and a lot of interesting work is done primarily, although by no means exclusively, in .NET. The answer to your question I think depends on the following: Do you want to learn C#? Your will to learn new things will dictate how happy this situation is likely to be for you; if you're keen to learn for the sake of learning, the opportunity to do so and get paid for it ought to be really attractive for you. If you're not that interested in C#, doing it just because it's easy to get a job probably isn't the right reason.

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answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

954410

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  open source and free technologies are always to be favourite: that's why I was thinking that... But, most likely, I'm totally wrong. Thanks for pointing out your interesting point of view!
  – Saturnix
  Jun 8 '13 at 20:19
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It really depends, I know quite a few companies where their products offer tight integration with office that develop using the .NET stack due to it's ease of integration. I don't think .NET is going away anytime soon unless company's start moving away from Windows in general. For web development it's usually preferred to have the open source stack due to stability and lack of cost, but many company's are still employing ASP.NET developers for everything from public facing sites to intranets.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:01
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Also, many company's are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their servers so cost isn't really a factor.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:02
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
4
down vote



accepted

Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced.

I'm interested to hear what makes you think that.

Knowing C# definitely improves your job prospects, and a lot of interesting work is done primarily, although by no means exclusively, in .NET. The answer to your question I think depends on the following: Do you want to learn C#? Your will to learn new things will dictate how happy this situation is likely to be for you; if you're keen to learn for the sake of learning, the opportunity to do so and get paid for it ought to be really attractive for you. If you're not that interested in C#, doing it just because it's easy to get a job probably isn't the right reason.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

954410

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  open source and free technologies are always to be favourite: that's why I was thinking that... But, most likely, I'm totally wrong. Thanks for pointing out your interesting point of view!
  – Saturnix
  Jun 8 '13 at 20:19
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It really depends, I know quite a few companies where their products offer tight integration with office that develop using the .NET stack due to it's ease of integration. I don't think .NET is going away anytime soon unless company's start moving away from Windows in general. For web development it's usually preferred to have the open source stack due to stability and lack of cost, but many company's are still employing ASP.NET developers for everything from public facing sites to intranets.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:01
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Also, many company's are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their servers so cost isn't really a factor.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:02
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
4
down vote



accepted

up vote
4
down vote



accepted

Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced.

I'm interested to hear what makes you think that.

Knowing C# definitely improves your job prospects, and a lot of interesting work is done primarily, although by no means exclusively, in .NET. The answer to your question I think depends on the following: Do you want to learn C#? Your will to learn new things will dictate how happy this situation is likely to be for you; if you're keen to learn for the sake of learning, the opportunity to do so and get paid for it ought to be really attractive for you. If you're not that interested in C#, doing it just because it's easy to get a job probably isn't the right reason.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

954410

Reading here and there, it looks like .NET is a technology slowly being replaced.

I'm interested to hear what makes you think that.

Knowing C# definitely improves your job prospects, and a lot of interesting work is done primarily, although by no means exclusively, in .NET. The answer to your question I think depends on the following: Do you want to learn C#? Your will to learn new things will dictate how happy this situation is likely to be for you; if you're keen to learn for the sake of learning, the opportunity to do so and get paid for it ought to be really attractive for you. If you're not that interested in C#, doing it just because it's easy to get a job probably isn't the right reason.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

954410

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

954410

answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

954410

answered Jun 8 '13 at 20:09

Tom W

954410

954410

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  open source and free technologies are always to be favourite: that's why I was thinking that... But, most likely, I'm totally wrong. Thanks for pointing out your interesting point of view!
  – Saturnix
  Jun 8 '13 at 20:19
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It really depends, I know quite a few companies where their products offer tight integration with office that develop using the .NET stack due to it's ease of integration. I don't think .NET is going away anytime soon unless company's start moving away from Windows in general. For web development it's usually preferred to have the open source stack due to stability and lack of cost, but many company's are still employing ASP.NET developers for everything from public facing sites to intranets.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:01
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Also, many company's are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their servers so cost isn't really a factor.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:02
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  open source and free technologies are always to be favourite: that's why I was thinking that... But, most likely, I'm totally wrong. Thanks for pointing out your interesting point of view!
  – Saturnix
  Jun 8 '13 at 20:19
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  It really depends, I know quite a few companies where their products offer tight integration with office that develop using the .NET stack due to it's ease of integration. I don't think .NET is going away anytime soon unless company's start moving away from Windows in general. For web development it's usually preferred to have the open source stack due to stability and lack of cost, but many company's are still employing ASP.NET developers for everything from public facing sites to intranets.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:01
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Also, many company's are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their servers so cost isn't really a factor.
  – Randy E
  Jun 8 '13 at 22:02
  

  
  
  
  

open source and free technologies are always to be favourite: that's why I was thinking that... But, most likely, I'm totally wrong. Thanks for pointing out your interesting point of view!
– Saturnix
Jun 8 '13 at 20:19

open source and free technologies are always to be favourite: that's why I was thinking that... But, most likely, I'm totally wrong. Thanks for pointing out your interesting point of view!
– Saturnix
Jun 8 '13 at 20:19

It really depends, I know quite a few companies where their products offer tight integration with office that develop using the .NET stack due to it's ease of integration. I don't think .NET is going away anytime soon unless company's start moving away from Windows in general. For web development it's usually preferred to have the open source stack due to stability and lack of cost, but many company's are still employing ASP.NET developers for everything from public facing sites to intranets.
– Randy E
Jun 8 '13 at 22:01

It really depends, I know quite a few companies where their products offer tight integration with office that develop using the .NET stack due to it's ease of integration. I don't think .NET is going away anytime soon unless company's start moving away from Windows in general. For web development it's usually preferred to have the open source stack due to stability and lack of cost, but many company's are still employing ASP.NET developers for everything from public facing sites to intranets.
– Randy E
Jun 8 '13 at 22:01

Also, many company's are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their servers so cost isn't really a factor.
– Randy E
Jun 8 '13 at 22:02

Also, many company's are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their servers so cost isn't really a factor.
– Randy E
Jun 8 '13 at 22:02

add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote

I can't make any carreer advice, but point out some aspects.

Construction workers are rarely "hammer/saw operators" or "nail gun/stick saw operators" - they build houses with whatever tools they have for the job.

If you start to see yourself as a web developer - the tech stack is merly a set of tools. Starting to work with C# or sticking with PHP won't likely change you job opportunities for web developement in the future.

The decision you have to make is if you want to broaden your set of tools or really master the set you already know. Both PHP and C#/.NET still have large market shares and while we cannot know how tomorrows web dev tooling would look like they should both be decent choices.

I suggest that you focus on other things such as work environment, challenging tasks, benefits, development opportunities and the like.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

1,089913

add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote

I can't make any carreer advice, but point out some aspects.

Construction workers are rarely "hammer/saw operators" or "nail gun/stick saw operators" - they build houses with whatever tools they have for the job.

If you start to see yourself as a web developer - the tech stack is merly a set of tools. Starting to work with C# or sticking with PHP won't likely change you job opportunities for web developement in the future.

The decision you have to make is if you want to broaden your set of tools or really master the set you already know. Both PHP and C#/.NET still have large market shares and while we cannot know how tomorrows web dev tooling would look like they should both be decent choices.

I suggest that you focus on other things such as work environment, challenging tasks, benefits, development opportunities and the like.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

1,089913

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up vote
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up vote
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I can't make any carreer advice, but point out some aspects.

Construction workers are rarely "hammer/saw operators" or "nail gun/stick saw operators" - they build houses with whatever tools they have for the job.

If you start to see yourself as a web developer - the tech stack is merly a set of tools. Starting to work with C# or sticking with PHP won't likely change you job opportunities for web developement in the future.

The decision you have to make is if you want to broaden your set of tools or really master the set you already know. Both PHP and C#/.NET still have large market shares and while we cannot know how tomorrows web dev tooling would look like they should both be decent choices.

I suggest that you focus on other things such as work environment, challenging tasks, benefits, development opportunities and the like.

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answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

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I can't make any carreer advice, but point out some aspects.

Construction workers are rarely "hammer/saw operators" or "nail gun/stick saw operators" - they build houses with whatever tools they have for the job.

If you start to see yourself as a web developer - the tech stack is merly a set of tools. Starting to work with C# or sticking with PHP won't likely change you job opportunities for web developement in the future.

The decision you have to make is if you want to broaden your set of tools or really master the set you already know. Both PHP and C#/.NET still have large market shares and while we cannot know how tomorrows web dev tooling would look like they should both be decent choices.

I suggest that you focus on other things such as work environment, challenging tasks, benefits, development opportunities and the like.

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answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

1,089913

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share|improve this answer

answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

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answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

1,089913

answered Jun 9 '13 at 7:53

Petter Nordlander

1,089913

1,089913

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