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hi guys

it seems like all of my friends been getting hired as a asp net developer.

please tell me what should I stick to. should I stick to php mysql or asp.net

I am in it for a job. I love programming but I need to find a job eventually. I just can't keep coding for fun all my life being broke. so to find a job I don't care the pay. even if it is 30k a year should I switch to asp net or stick to php
 
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I would rate these developer skills / technologies like so :

Open Source PHP Stable
Microsoft ASP.NET Substantial, but slightly declining
SOA/Enterprise Service Bus Crossed the chasm, steeply inclining
Open Source Eclipse/Java Gorilla player, inclining


If you haven't noticed the shake-up at Microsoft, their influence has dramatically declined over the last decade due to the hostile and proprietary way they market / develop their technologies. Adopters are using more and more Open Source rather than Proprietary systems. Another indicator from Microsoft is the giving away of products they used to charge for (OneNote, Expression Web, et. al.)

For the longer term, you're better off in Open Source. If you like SOA, IBM provides developers with a free copy of their ESB : IBM Integration Bus.


 
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So PHP is most stable, but do larger corporations use asp.net? and even smaller, like banks?
 
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william chaple wrote:So PHP is most stable, but do larger corporations use asp.net? and even smaller, like banks?



Banks (Bank of America, PNC, American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Discover) use Web Services, WebSphere Message Queues, and Enterprise Service Bus'. I'm sure PHP or ASP.NET is thrown in someplace, but the bulk of development is using ESBs since the COBOL logic on the mainframes drive the business but the WebSphere Application Servers need to talk to them. IBM Integration Bus uses PHP, Java, and ESQL. It can use ASP.NET but having been at all those sites listed previously, I know for a fact that they do not use ASP.NET on a daily basis to do the heavy lifting of their development work.
 
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I agree that asp.net seems to be shrinking rather than growing, and that PHP seems safe for some time. But it sounds as if you think this is a fundamental career decision for you. If it is, then relying on advice from folks on the net whose agenda you don't know seems misguided. I think you should dig much deeper into what you want from your career.

And just as importantly, relying on any one technology to provide you with a career is quite misguided. The only thing certain is that all these technologies are going to die, and probably sooner rather than later - ASP, PHP, Java, you name it. So if you're only investing in learning these -rather than the fundamentals that keep being valuable- then you're setting yourself up for failure.
 
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+1 to Ulf's post. The only thing certain, is that the technology will change. If you change with it, you will be much further ahead than those who don't.
 
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There's a word for animals (and developers), who cannot adapt to changing conditions (or technologies): extinct.

 
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haha yes I do agree and as I keep adapting to new technologies that won't be problem. I like learning. I'm just having a difficult time which path to take.

I was thinking sticking with php and laravel frame work

and also learn asp.net as well.


but how do you keep up with technology. isn't php always php just newer versions?

or what's the best way to keep up. ya they might die but then what a new language will come out? say ddf++ haha but the concept will always be the same right
 
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