I just started coding for C#. How long does it take to be considered "good" at it?

Have you done java/oop before?

Do you have good OOP knowledge?

Whatcha wanna do? Asp.net? Console apps? Microservices? Apps?

Core or legacy?

7

@nitwhiz 42

About 10 mental breakdowns and you will become decent

Good doing what with it —
Framework or dotNet Core?
ASP.Net; Classic, WebAPI, MVVC, Blazor, SPA?
Command line application?
Windows Application; WinForm, XAML, UWP?
Client-Server?
3/n-Tiered?
Windows Services?

@nitwhiz it really depends, it might be 5 if you are a quick study.

@Codex404 I know people who did it in a little over 3.

Around 6 months of hard work

@Lor-inc wait really? That's quite impressive. Or is that just C# without any framework like dotnet or mono?

Age of the language + 5 years for most recruiters

Like anything, 10,000 hours = pro.

Ugh. Feels like a quora question.

Build 50 things that people actually use and pay money for and you can call yourself an expert.

Peter Norvig goes with 10 years. https://norvig.com/21-days.html

I tend to agree.

Crack an interview with this only skill and you consider yourself good at it.

I'd say about three fiddy.

that's a weird question.
how long does it take to build houses to get good at building houses?

Exactly 8 years.

Friday, because horses don't yeehaw in the winter

I am 40+ and consider myself an expert at a few things in life. Coding is not one of them but I do find it fun.
Thank you for all the honest answers from the heartfelt respondants. Good stuff. It was just to gauge general opinion for my own curiosity. Everyone learns differently.

You are asking the wrong question. You should ask "how much should I know before I can say that I know it”

@Jameslikestea age of "a thing" + 5 years is roughly the time it takes me to get good at "a thing" as well so i think recruiters are on to something.