I went there, but that site specifically forbids discussion related topics, as do all stackexchange sites ...

I don't post on here at all really, I read a lot of articles and have learned a lot of awesome skills from the community here, but today I feel compelled to say what's on my mind and ask for help. I am a .NET app developer working for a web agency for the past 3 years, my first job as a developer, and today I came home from work entirely depressed. My boss is forever stuck in the past, horribly afraid of anything new and different, and completely out of touch with changes and advances in the world of software development. He's a nice guy, and genuinely loves programming, but he just has no idea about what's been happening in the C#/.NET world for the past few years I've been working there. He is still completely unfamiliar with LINQ and the functional aspects of C#, knows nothing about MVC yet maintains it is no better than WebForms, refuses to let us developers try new things or change the way we build apps simply because it takes time to learn and the fear that other developers at work aren't familiar with such things. When I brought up SOLID in a discussion a while ago, I was laughed at and told to stop talking about such "wanky ideals" ... mentioning any kind of design pattern or best practice gets ignored or dismissed with a comment about it being irrelevant. MVC is still (to him) just "reinventing the wheel in a way that has no benefits over WebForms". Yesterday I had to explain to him what an Expression was. The list goes on and on. I've known this about him for quite some time, even as a new developer when I started there I was introducing him to concepts I thought were common knowledge such as LINQ, functional programming, ORMs, certainly things that a newbie shouldn't have to explain to his Technical Director. But today it hit home that this is not going to change. I was told we cannot use .NET MVC due to the learning and skill improvement required for developers at work to understand it (even though I've taught myself over the past few years on side projects, and other developers at work have done the same). So basically, our current skills determine what we're ever going to be allowed to do, no self-improvement or changing of methods to keep up with the industry. I've pretty much given up trying to suggest things or discuss how we could improve the way we work. I love my job, I am extremely passionate about development, and I have a strong need to be continuously learning and improving my skills as a developer. This seems to be the opposite of what my boss is encouranging. He is stuck in

I love 2012, quite a bit faster than 2010 and whilst I understand a lot of people hate the "boring gray", just enable the Dark Theme already and stop whinging! :) It's sexy!

The design principles being employed in the Metro look are not "new revolutionary ideas" ... they are tried-and-tested, known-for-centuries principles of typography and information layout. It's very similar to the Apple design philosophy, if you ask me. Simplicity and focus on typography. So come on, take another sip of the kool aid and chill out. In 3 months you'll forget just how much this redesign "offended you", and how simple, natural and nice to use it really is.

Jeezus H. Christ ... do people really think the old design was better? I guess that's just proof that developers have no design taste whatsoever. You find one typographist/graphic designer who doesn't compare this to the old and tell you how much smoother and more user-friendly this design is, and I'll eat my words Seriously, the old design sucked hard. Stop complaining because something is new and different. People are so afraid of unfamiliarity ...

It is significantly faster that 2010, has a ton of slight tweaks and improvements that generally make your coding experience nicer, and yes the dark theme is simply beautiful :)