I don't think you got the parent poster's meaning of "old college try".
Sure, in college, you should work with more academic and esoteric languages. I learned Lisp in college.
The point is, many people dismiss the merits of Microsoft tools and languages. One guy I worked with said, "I haven't used any Microsoft products in years" and that's supposed to make you an expert on them somehow? :)
> and that's supposed to make you an expert on them somehow?
No. But it has a good chance of making their experience broader. Microsoft is nothing but a tiny spec in the software development tools set. Using only Microsoft is not a good sign.
Absolutely, someone who uses only Microsoft technologies and tools is... impaired.
On the other hand, perfectly good things like C# (especially with LINQ and ASP.NET MVC) are being dismissed out-of-hand by otherwise reasonable people just because they came from Redmond.
Sure, in college, you should work with more academic and esoteric languages. I learned Lisp in college.
The point is, many people dismiss the merits of Microsoft tools and languages. One guy I worked with said, "I haven't used any Microsoft products in years" and that's supposed to make you an expert on them somehow? :)