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Microsoft has the resources to train people.
by ada0000 8mo ago
Microsoft has the resources to train people.
- HPsquared 8mo agoBut does any junior want to learn C++ Win32? You want to learn something that leads to a long-term career development path, not a sunsetting technology.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 8mo agoFor money, anything is possible. That’s the employment contract, trade money for time doing things you would rather not.
- HPsquared 8mo agoIndeed but if the pay needs to be high, you may as well pay someone experienced.
- hulitu 8mo ago> But does any junior want to learn C++ Win32? That's why they got the job, didn't they ? /s
- ada0000 8mo agoThey would want to learn Winforms/WPF/WinUI/whatever if microsoft could settle on one and use it. I suppose part of the react native stuff is that Microsoft hasn’t done a good job of making people, even in Microsoft, bet the farm on any of their “native” toolkits.
- nineteen999 8mo agoThe delulu who think C/C++ is "sunsetting". Hilarious.
- wtetzner 8mo ago> But does any junior want to learn C++ Win32? I'm pretty sure Microsoft can pay them enough to be happy to learn it. > You want to learn something that leads to a long-term career development path, not a sunsetting technology. This seems like such an odd take when web frameworks seem to be obsolete almost as soon as you start using them. C++ has and will continue to be around for a very long time. This is just the result of bad leadership at Microsoft.