Is Silverlight more lucrative than ASP.NET?

+1 A:

I think you're right that the immediate pay scale is based on the freshness of the technology and the limited supply of skilled developers in that field. As more developers enter the field the prices will settle down - just like they did for Flash.

IMHO as the field matures you'll begin to see more and more separation of LOB developers that expose models to a Silverlight UI that is created by specialized De'v'signers. Of course really good developers in any technology will always demand higher pay.

Paul Alexander 2009-06-04 04:35:42

+5 A:

I think no particular technology framework will be valuable in the long-term. That's why having blinders like this is dangerous. The important thing is to stay on your toes (constantly learning new things) and to understand the general overriding principles that never go away.

Matthew Flaschen 2009-06-04 04:37:24

I agree with that principle wholeheartedly.However if you're in the contracting game, it's often important to specialize, in order to have all the right "keywords" on your resume to appease the technically inept higher-up's.

jonathanconway 2009-06-04 04:47:57

It's not just the technically incompetent higher-ups that need to see the right things on a contractor's resume. If I'm hiring for a permanent position, I'm fine with the right person having a learning curve, because we're both in this for the long haul. But if I'm hiring a contractor, I want to make sure that person has the necessary skills right out the gate. I don't want a contractor I've hired to do 3 months of Silverlight work learning Silverlight on my dime.

Ken Smith 2009-12-19 23:42:38

A:

As with every product the price for that particular product will vary with time. As such labour is "just" another product. That being said I'm guessing that developers capable of Silverlight will always be in higher demand than ASP.NET developers for one simple reason. To be a profficient Silverlight developer you need to be a profficient Web developer as well.

That being said I don't think Silverlight add much more to your "price" tag but being proficient with many technologies does make you a better "buy"

Rune FS 2009-06-04 06:59:14

"To be a profficient Silverlight developer you need to be a profficient ASP.NET developer as well." Can you elaborate on that? I was under the impression that the 2 programming models (asp.net and silverlight) aren't quite the same!

fretje 2009-06-04 07:36:56

As a Silverlight developer with little / no ASP.NET experience I'd somewhat disagree with that statement. I've had to learn things like ASP.NET authentication and how WCF services are hosted in an ASP.NET site but I still don't know (or want to know ;) anything about the ASP.NET view state.

James Cadd 2009-06-04 14:05:14

You can develop silverlight applications no knowledge of ASP.NET but that's not what I wrote either. Silverlight has a specific purpose as do ASP.NET they overlap at points (E.g. Async behaviour can be achieved with both) but just because you can do it in silverlight does make it the correct option. So I guess I would have been more correct in saying a profficient web developer. My point is if a developer thinks that everything should be solved in Silverlight, he's not aware of the cons/limitations and hence not a profficient developer. Whereas the one choosing the tools with concideration is

Rune FS 2009-06-05 08:24:22

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i think its new and yes due to that it has more attraction and appears like is creating a hype. but its still a premature technology and requires lots of time to br proven worth as compared to asp.net the job rate you are seeing is just due to reason that there are very less number of silverlight developers right now.

Usman Masood 2009-06-04 07:11:41

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i think its new and yes due to that it has more attraction and appears like is creating a hype. but its still a premature technology and requires lots of time to br proven worth as compared to asp.net the job rate you are seeing is just due to reason that there are very less number of silverlight developers right now.

doughlas david 2009-12-16 09:22:33

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