Any VB.Net developers found a job as C# dev.
Do you count your experience for .net as a whole? I feel if you know .net it's not a major difference between vb.net and c# it's just the syntax difference but I'm hesitant to apply for C# jobs based on my experience in vb.net. Any one with switch experience?

Apply, but be honest about your experience. If possible, self-teach yourself C# and create something you can use as an example.

I did VB.NET for years, before switching to C#. I have now been doing C# for over 5 years.

It should not matter if you know your .NET... For an experienced interviewer basics and internals should matter more than syntax you are using...

After 16 years of vb I'm learning c# it's not much harder your principles are the same

@philcr I agree it's not about difficulty. I personally think it's easier for me to adapt to c# since I already know java. But my experience says vb.net

@Eat-Sleep-Code how did you start with C#. As a guy with no experience or with all your B.B.net experience?

@BuggyBrain its not the same when it comes to interviews. There are only a few companies who look for logic and problem solving skills rather than the programming/syntax knowledge. I know from experience

@zeprod I found that if you explain that you are coming up to speed on c# people will talk to you if you have a great deal of vb experience. I've coded in many things since 1998 predominantly vb. my CV covers my last three jobs which is 8 years, I highlight where I've done projects in c#

@philcr absolutely. If only all people agreed on hiring people with actual brains rather than what language they can code in.

@zeprod In my role as it manager as well as developer I would take some one on who is cross training, but it would be at a slightly lesser salary for 6 months to reflect the cross training. But not everyone is as fair as me

@philcr well that's really nice! Only some of the good people make it worth it being a dev. It sucks that good companies have a very old and stupid interview process.

@philcr I appreciate the happiness in what you do rather than the salary. It's not always about the money you know!

@zeprod I know I could earn more if I went elsewhere. But I work 08:00-16:30 Monday to Thursday and 08:00-15:15 on a Friday, rarely work weekends.

Spending time with my wife and kids is more important.

I've done the opposite way, from C# to VB, and it wasn't difficult.

In the end you just have to remember certain equivalences (you can find webpages about that topic), and to put ; and {}, so I wouldn't hesitate 😋.

I'm primarily a C# developer, but my current job requires that I support a number of vb.net legacy systems. I was honest in my interview about the lack of vb.net experience, but my overall technical experience was good enough to get me the job. Not interested in learning vb.net really, so I use online C# to VB.net converters when required.

@aralum I think c# to vb would be an easier transition having gone the other way, we had a work experience a couple of months ago and I got her to learn c#

@littledragon23 vb.net isn't to far removed from c#. Now vb6 that is a whole different kettle of fish

@philcr hahaha and classic asp and vbscript... talk about legacy eh?! 😅

@zeprod one of the things I do at work is support a ms access "appplication" ugh vba in this day and age.

I'm working on management to convert it to asp.net MVC

@philcr fuck it's like we doing the same job lol. I do the same!

@philcr Same here. Two jobs ago, I hired a guy who up front said "I have no .Net experience but I am a quick learner". I liked the guys honesty and he seemed like a smart guy. I took a chance and hired him. Within a month of starting, he was writing much better code, much quicker, than the guy who had two decades of experience.