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Let me just give a little bit of background about myself. I have about 12 years of experience in IT and I started with mainframe stuff - COBOL, JCL, CICS, and all that good (or archaic) stuff. Currently, I work on consolidating life insurance products/policies from diverse systems into one system. I work mostly on back-end (mainframe/AS400 side). No coding, but consultation, project management, etc. This I do for various clients.
Lately, I feel like moving out of legacy systems to more server based or to front-end side of things. I am trying to decide what newer language will best suit my needs. It appears most bigger enterprises uses JAVA - I am guessing due to portability and being free(?). While some uses .NET - not sure if it is due to the controlled nature of this product. Again, please correct me if I am mistaken here. I would like to start of JAVA, but its vastness and constant evolution daunts me. But on the other hand, I am not sure if .NET will give me the edge in the job market. So, want to throw it out there and see what you guys have to say.
Lately, I feel like moving out of legacy systems to more server based or to front-end side of things. I am trying to decide what newer language will best suit my needs. It appears most bigger enterprises uses JAVA - I am guessing due to portability and being free(?). While some uses .NET - not sure if it is due to the controlled nature of this product. Again, please correct me if I am mistaken here. I would like to start of JAVA, but its vastness and constant evolution daunts me. But on the other hand, I am not sure if .NET will give me the edge in the job market. So, want to throw it out there and see what you guys have to say.