During my microsoft tenure I was seeing some alt-y things. Had the chance to write a considerable amount of node.js, some Java, python and boo. And when on .NET I introduced and put to work some OSS such as Windsor and Lucene.NET into some massive web services that were code-managed in git repositories. So you could say that even within the msft giant the ALT is not so ALT anymore.
As far as where I got to - my most recent gigs before joining microsoft were pretty exclusive non-msft - a lot of Rails on AWS, Java, and such. And in the business I started when leaving microsoft early this year we are using golang exclusively, (moving off of the initial MVP created in RoR), and hosting on Azure websites (yey bizpark). Per the value that an ALT.NET group can provide - the Israeli group that I started many years back is still alive and kicking these days, four years after I left it, and in this "new era" day and age. They are running lightning-talk nights, beer meetings etc every few months, showing off some latest and greatest stuff both on .net and otherwise. And the occasional mailing-list discussion on meta things (like how to be an efficient remote worker, good ways to hire talent, etc.) my point is that a community of driven people can do more than just "whining" about webforms/MsTest/wahtnot or offering alternatives. K Ken Egozi. http://kenegozi.com/ <http://kenegozi.com/blog> http://www.activegiver.com/ On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Alejandro Miralles <amiralles....@gmail.com > wrote: > Well, I'm still doing .NET, but I guess we all agree that ALT became > mainstream a while ago. > > In addition to my C# work, I'm also doing some Ruby and quite lot of > Javascript these days. I'm from Buenos Aires, and the very same thing it's > happening around here. The .NET people got really quiet in the last couple > of years while the Node.JS, Ruby and Javascript folks are still hacking > around, organizing events, and so on... > > > > We (ALT.NET movement) had a good run, but it was about time. Good luck > and happy hacking! > > > > Amiralles > > http://amiralles.net > > > > *From:* altnetseattle@googlegroups.com [mailto: > altnetseattle@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Dave Foley > *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2015 5:45 PM > *To:* altnetseattle@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Last Call > > > > Friends, > > > > It has been nearly a year since the last non-spam post and so I think it > is nigh on time to close the doors on this google group. The "ALT" has > become mainstream and many of the members of the group no longer work with > .NET on a daily basis, myself included. > > > > Before I click the "disable posts" button, I'm curious to hear what you > all have been up to over the past few years, technically and professionally. > > > > As for me, I haven't touched .NET or Windows in any serious way for the > past 6 years or so. I've done independent consulting, agency work, and now > am working on a new startup. I've worked with ruby, java, a bunch of > javascript (node.js and browser), and a smattering of other techs: python, > golang, clojure, objective-c, and PHP (ugh). > > > > I have missed C# at various times over the past few years -- most acutely > during the periods when I've worked with Java. > > > > I don't miss Windows at all. > > > > What have YOU been up to? > > > > Dave > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
