should he take this decision?
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My friend is in confusion. He has been working in with C for over 5 years. He is getting handsom pay. he has learnt dot net in last year. He now is getting a job in a big MNC in dot net environment but salary is reduced to HALF since he has not having relevant experience in dot net. he is considering the offer since he will be outdated if he continues with C and he thinks that he can get good experience in 2 years and his demand will increase afterwards. Should he go for it. or his salary graph should just go up constantly?
pathak
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My friend is in confusion. He has been working in with C for over 5 years. He is getting handsom pay. he has learnt dot net in last year. He now is getting a job in a big MNC in dot net environment but salary is reduced to HALF since he has not having relevant experience in dot net. he is considering the offer since he will be outdated if he continues with C and he thinks that he can get good experience in 2 years and his demand will increase afterwards. Should he go for it. or his salary graph should just go up constantly?
pathak
That's a call only he can make. IMO, there will always be C work, but it will continue to diminish in size. If he has specialised knowledge that he thinks will continue to be in demand, that's a factor. On the other hand, perhaps he can find some .NET work on the side and increase his experience, thus commanding a higher salary when he jumps in. I doubt there's going to be an explosion of demand for .NET beyond what exists today.
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My friend is in confusion. He has been working in with C for over 5 years. He is getting handsom pay. he has learnt dot net in last year. He now is getting a job in a big MNC in dot net environment but salary is reduced to HALF since he has not having relevant experience in dot net. he is considering the offer since he will be outdated if he continues with C and he thinks that he can get good experience in 2 years and his demand will increase afterwards. Should he go for it. or his salary graph should just go up constantly?
pathak
Certainly in the UK there are a lot of C job for embedded systems, primarily mobile phones which aren't going away. Has he checked the general C market there first? Elaine :rose:
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Certainly in the UK there are a lot of C job for embedded systems, primarily mobile phones which aren't going away. Has he checked the general C market there first? Elaine :rose:
He knows C will always have some demand. But his concern is .. in future he might have to relocate to other locations (where his choice wont work, getting the company of choice.salary negotiations. or company hiring him is also a problem) where actual C requirement is there and to maintain the salary requirement he has. whereas his logic is if goes into dot net with less salary for the timebeing, where there are more job requirements, he can have more choices of locations or wont have to relocate and better salary as well.
pathak
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My friend is in confusion. He has been working in with C for over 5 years. He is getting handsom pay. he has learnt dot net in last year. He now is getting a job in a big MNC in dot net environment but salary is reduced to HALF since he has not having relevant experience in dot net. he is considering the offer since he will be outdated if he continues with C and he thinks that he can get good experience in 2 years and his demand will increase afterwards. Should he go for it. or his salary graph should just go up constantly?
pathak
A good programmer is language independent. If he takes a job for half his salary now he will have to change jobs in two years to double his salary. At most a 5 to 10 grand reduction in salary is fair for a seasoned developer without much experience in a language (Industry average salary, also by seasoned I mean good) His new salary should be based on the .NET scale and not the C scale. Also, may salary varies considerably ever year. It isn't that big of a deal unless you like to overspend.
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