My friend, recently I had a discussion with a colleague about the big mistake of to be extreme fan of a technology (Java/.Net/C), brand (Samsung, Dell, RIM), or methodology. As Professionals we CAN NOT, be attached to anything, Always there is something better in five or ten years, sometimes even less. MSDN is good, because have almost all .net features covered, but codeproject have many articles from people that have gone more than basics, giving solutions and codes about problems of real life.

It's the answer, write the data layer separately, and in one month when they come burning on fire, move the solution to MySql, i have done heavy applications on mysql, and are still running. In other hand i think that someone with your capabilities and honesty most get into a Business-Software-Man. Think about it!