[netdevphoenix]

> I really, REALLY wish I was in another timeline where I could say in an interview "yes, I use Linux on my desktop and Rider for my IDE" without being seen as a traveler from outer space.

Could you please elaborate? Are you referring to most .NET shops not straying away from Windowsland?

[Arisaka1]

It's not about what the company uses, but how informed the technical people responsible for hiring candidates are around the ecosystem they claim they work with.

Example:

Expected: "Oh, you're on Linux? I heard about Rider. We use Windows and Visual Studio here for parity. You're okay with that, right?" (me: Obviously, tools are tools)

Actual: "Does .NET run on Linux? What is Rider?"

I mean, .NET has been running on Linux since forever now (11 years according to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459513, let's say about 9 for stability because I feel generous). How do they not know about it?

[whoisthemachine]

There's still a lot of folks who consider themselves .Net experts who don't know how to program with async/await, so knowing about a niche IDE (which I also exclusively use) is asking a lot for those people.

[raw_anon_1111]

Rider might be a niche IDE. But ReSharper with Visual Studio was a mainstay for me from 2008-2020 when I was doing a lot of .Net

[whoisthemachine]

Yeah I usually introduce Rider to .Net developers by saying "it's by the folks who do ReSharper".