u/Severe-Evening6816

Hi everyone,

For the past 1.5 years I've been learning C#/.NET stack for development, and 

Recently, I started connecting with developers and product managers (many aren’t directly from the dotnet field ), and I keep hearing a few things in the loop like-  “dotnet has a small and slow market.”, "Switch to Java/Python and have more opportunities.”, “Fintechs rarely uses C#.”, “The salaries are lower and stagnant.”

Hearing this over and over again has honestly made me a bit discouraged and sceptical, as I’ve invested a lot of time learning the stack (did my graduation in Non-IT field)

My take is-
> Microsoft invests heavily into dotnet/Visual Studio, etc
> Many Large enterprise systems still run on Legacy system, VB
> Framework evolved  from .NET Core to .NET 11 (MS is not stupid)

So, one part of me feels like the ecosystem is still very strong, but at the same time the mixed opinions are confusing.

Currently I’m building an ERP system for a small auto-parts shop as a learning project and understand what it takes to become a real-problem solver.

My question to the community: What is your honest view of the dotnet job market today (especially for juniors)? Did anyone here start their career with similar doubts? Would you still recommend someone to invest deeply in the dotnet  ecosystem today?
> Can a fellow donet MVP be willing to share their perspective? 

Regards

Hi everyone,

For over the last 1–1.5 years I’ve been teaching myself programming through the C# / .NET ecosystem.

Recently I’ve been talking with some developers and managers (many not directly from the .NET ecosystem), and I keep hearing things like:

• “.NET has a small market.”
• “Java or Python have more opportunities.”
• “Fintech rarely uses C#.”
• “The salaries are lower.”

Hearing this repeatedly has honestly made me a bit sceptical and discouraged, because I’ve already invested a lot of time learning the stack.

At the same time, my personal reasoning is:

• Microsoft invests heavily into .NET, Visual Studio, Azure, and the whole ecosystem
• Large enterprise systems still run on .NET
• The framework keeps evolving (.NET Core to .NET 11)

So part of me feels like the ecosystem is still very strong, but the mixed opinions are confusing.

Currently I’m building an ERP system for a small auto-parts shop as a learning project to deepen my understanding of real-world systems.

My question to the community:

• What is your honest view of the .NET job market today (especially for juniors)?
• Did anyone here start their career with similar doubts?
• Would you still recommend someone to invest deeply in the .NET ecosystem today?

I would really appreciate hearing real experiences from people working with .NET professionally.

Regards