Wednesday, March 02, 2005
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Leaving a job to avoid using C#... What backwards thinking...
 
In this case he gave it up because he's never worked with Microsoft tools and wasn't about to broaden his horizons and see if they were any good. He even draws a conclusion about what it is like to use Microsoft's tools after having not used them. Presumably a conclusion based on extensive propaganda, since by his own admission it isn't based on actual experience or facts.
 
Yes, he's a fool, but not because he gave up steady work or good pay. He's a fool in the same way someone who only uses one programming language is a fool. This is the same type of thinking that led to separate black and white drinking fountains in Alabama...
 
I spent many years on VAX computers, but always had my trusty Amiga nearby. Today I work on Windows with Microsoft tools, but I also run a Linux box, and have worked on Unix boxes off and on my entire career. I also spent tiny bits of time using a PDP-11, a mainframe, an AS400 and a Prime. Heck, I even have Eclipse and several versions of the JDK all set up on my machine.
 
If all you know is one platform and tool set then your perspective is waaay skewed. Seriously, live a little!
 
Is it really that scary to think about spending a few months working with Microsoft tools? To see what they are like if nothing else? Eclipse is busily emulating Visual Studio - wouldn't it be nice to know what they are emulating and why?
 
This isn't about the steady work or paycheck, this is about professional growth. This is about being all you can be by understanding all you can understand.
 
Ultimately, Moe Taxes cut off his nose to spite his face. He has my pity.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 4:18:52 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [7]  |  Tracked by:
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Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:13:47 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
"I pitty the fool, who codes with one tool"

:)
Keenan Newton
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:18:20 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
>Eclipse is busily emulating Visual Studio

That's a fact! A friend showed me Eclipse a few days ago and it looked, and worked, a lot like VS. But it was slower and had fewer features. There's a lot of free addins for it, but it has a disjoint feeling when you get it all decked out with incompatible addins.

VS is still way out ahead.
Eric Engler
Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:57:54 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
It blows my mind that some folks in technology are resistant to change. Technology by definition is change, that to me is the most exciting aspect of this field. I am focused on C# in my daily endeavors, but still play with Linux/MPI/C++ on my "spare time", always anxious to learn whatever tool is the most applicable and effective for the task at hand...resistance to change is death, as life itself is change....
gustin
Friday, March 04, 2005 5:34:21 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Man, I'd give his left (never mind!) to work with some new tools; I'm currently stuck in VB6 land, and management is strongly resisting a move to .NET, or anywhere else, for that matter...
Norma
Friday, March 04, 2005 6:14:10 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Hey Moe!!!

Gotta learn if you wanna earn!

nuk nuk nuk <-- couldn't resist
Vic Berggren
Sunday, March 06, 2005 2:23:26 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
I guess this really depends on one thing. His ability to get another job. If he likes working in Delphi and wants to stay there, has the ability to get another job, then good for him. If he's unemployed for 3 months and loses his equity, then yes, he's a fool.
Randy Charles Morin
Sunday, March 13, 2005 9:10:20 AM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
I'm a long time Java developer (7 years) that recently took the plunge into the Microsoft world although I have dabbled in the Microsoft world my entire career. While I totally agree with Rocky's opinion that Moe is wearing blinders I feel I have to comment on the statement that "Eclipse is busily emulating Visual Studio". I agree that Eclipse took a lot of its features from VS, but see the reverse now happening. I worked with Eclipse for about 2 years and there are a number of features I miss when working with Visual Studio. I bought a $100 add-in for VS (ReSharper) just to get some of those features in Visual Studio. With how much longer Visual Studio has been around I can't believe these features aren't already built in. Mainly the tools for refactoring, real-time error detection and suggested corrections. I see that the next version of VS finally is going to have some of these features. Maybe VS is now going to emulate Eclipse in the same way that a lot of .NET is now emulating parts of the Java world? Also don't judge me wrongly, I feel Java and .NET each have their advantages and disadvantages and overall don't think one is better than the other. They each do some things better or worse.
Barrett Snyder
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