Anecdotal counterpoint to your counterpoint - I saw the same thing 10 years ago when I was in school (Comp-Sci students gobbling up Visual Studio). It seems the more things change the more they stay the same...
Despite this:
-Qualified .NET developers continue to be difficult to find. Also, they make slightly less money than their Java counter-parts for reasons I don't fully understand.
-The 00's are regarded as Microsoft's "lost decade"
-Microsoft's tools gained little traction among startups... although MS-based ones do exist. The most notable being StackExcahnge however that was created by industry veterans not out-of-college whippersnappers.
Don't count on computer science students to create Microsoft's future. Many will drop the major for something easier.
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Anecdotal counterpoint to your counterpoint - I saw the same thing 10 years ago when I was in school (Comp-Sci students gobbling up Visual Studio). It seems the more things change the more they stay the same...
Despite this:
-Qualified .NET developers continue to be difficult to find. Also, they make slightly less money than their Java counter-parts for reasons I don't fully understand.
-The 00's are regarded as Microsoft's "lost decade"
-Microsoft's tools gained little traction among startups... although MS-based ones do exist. The most notable being StackExcahnge however that was created by industry veterans not out-of-college whippersnappers.
Don't count on computer science students to create Microsoft's future. Many will drop the major for something easier.