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Moving from .NET to Java

Created by : Sumit Chhabra, Maintenance Engineer Some Company  | 09 15 2010 17:46:30 +0000
Industry : IT ServicesFunctional Area : Programming Languages(Technology)
Keywords : programming java development .net
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Hi All,

How is the idea of moving from .net Development to Java development sound to you?

One of my friend has been working as a developer in the Microsoft.Net technologies. Its been almost 5 years that he has worked at Microsoft.Net. He has been involved at the development of modules as well as designing of independant tools and modules.

Now he has changed organisation and the trouble has begun. The new organisation wants him to work on Java instead of .NET. This is a dilemna for him. After working for good years in .NET, he is being asked to start afresh at a new development platform. Should he go ahead, learn and migrate to the new platform or plan to switch jobs preferably in the .NET field? Will there be any advantages to work with a new programming world or sticking to .NET will yield him better opportunities? What kind of roles and responsibilities can he expect in the future in the new field of Java? Would he be considered for senior positions and his previous experience with .NET development also counted upon?

These are some of the questions he has in mind which make him nervous about the future.

Do share your views and opinions on the dilemna that he is in and any advices that you would like to give to him.

Thanks

 

  
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Its better that he sticks to .NET and switch job Vs Learn the new language and improve upon the skills
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According to my view its better to stick to .Net and after having profile of 5 yr with .net means the person must be a developer analyst. after few more year of experience he must be a Software Analyst and here languages are no boundation.. you can explore any of language development cuase you'll use the same OO design pattern and it'll be followed by any OOPS language.
By Amit , Software Developer, Hewitt Associates  09 17 2010 05:42:32 +0000
 
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Gud decision sumit..... its always better to know more than constraining yourself and making your career narrow. Keep it as wide as possible so tht you will have lot of opportunity...... 
By Pratik Hazra, Project Lead, Motorola  09 16 2010 12:28:28 +0000
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its an platform independent..its efficient..which is good
By anup baishya, student, amity university  | 10 12 2010 06:48:27 +0000
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no harm in learning new language. If u can reach to same level as u r in dot net then could be more sell-able .

Ask this to your self and depends on ur capability.

Are you going to stick to same company ? Is your growth in current organisation depnds on java expertise ?

 

By the way .NET is cross platform and suggest to use .NET .

if cross platform is issue use Mono.

if you want to use java library use IKVM .

Suggest better architecture in .NET
By Anil Maurya, Software Specialist, Aventeon  | 09 20 2010 04:30:32 +0000
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Its better to learn new technology. he go for other option.

After working in domain long time, its tough to change the domain and learning new technology and working like 5-6 year experience guy.

Company will accept to work like a exp guy and in new domain initially you are like a fresher, so better go for other option. and for learning purpose ,you can imporve your domain technology.
By AnujSkumar , Product Developer, MetricStream  | 09 18 2010 08:05:51 +0000
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After 5 yrs in .Net, it's not wise to join the Java bandwagon as a fresher. Although learning Java is not a big deal for a .Net programmer, but it will be quite some time before he becomes as proficient in Java. Another point of concern will be understanding and learning other components of J2EE like EJB, GUI tools, App Servers and others.
By Devdutta Mukherjea, Sr. Project Manager, Adept Software Avenues Pvt Ltd  | 09 17 2010 10:55:00 +0000
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I can't say anything myself. I think he should learn the new language and improve upon his repertoire of development skills.
By Sumit Chhabra, Maintenance Engineer Some Company  | 09 15 2010 17:46:30 +0000
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I do think there is better option of growth in Java than that of .Net. And Future of Java is also better. So, its better to learn Java. Of course, his experience in .net will help him a lot.
By Rakesh Roshan, MCA student, Birla Institute Of Technology, (BIT), Ranchi  | 09 17 2010 04:10:41 +0000
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I agree with you on this. A career in development is lesson in learning itself. Limiting oneself to a few development framework will only narrow the skill-sets.
By Sumit Chhabra, Maintenance Engineer Some Company  | 09 17 2010 02:31:34 +0000
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knowledge of anything never goes invain. now a days the application of java is growing att a very large scale so one must get some knowledge of it.
By Ashish Anand, student, shree institue of science and technology  | 09 16 2010 21:36:33 +0000
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