Yes, too bad that MS isn't making something like Windows 8 or Office 15 that are geared for mobile and touch friendly launching in like six months or so.
>The entire MS stack has been abandoned by the next generation of innovators. Find me an 18 year old MS Visual Basic programmer and I'll show you a minimum wage earner for the rest of his career.
I just searched for 'Visual Basic' on indeed.com and came up with the following results:
Salary Estimate $20,000+ (35031) $40,000+ (16019) $60,000+ (9512) $80,000+ (4628) $100,000+ (2151)
Minimum wage is 12K/year.
Do a search for C#:
$50,000+ (28977) $70,000+ (18380) $90,000+ (8590) $110,000+ (3348) $130,000+ (1337)
These are counting only the open jobs(many of which are going unfilled).
>The entire MS stack has been abandoned by the next generation of innovators.
You mean by people like StackOverflow?
>Microsoft is a dying company, and the sooner young people abandon this company and all its technologies the better off they are.
Yes, people should do that. It will make hiring for all the above open positions easier, since it will weed out people who are easily misled by people like you and who live in a well and shout la-la-la to any voice of reason.