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Time before you feel comfortable -

Hi,

I'm investigating a return to the MS programming world after years of absence, and I'm trying to gauge how much work and effort is ahead of me. My dev experience is all last gen. VB6, Access, SQL Server, etc.

Can you tell me, how long have you been programming in .NET, and how much do you think you know as a %?

Thankyou

 

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