Suggestions on career path required

[chmanish]

Hi gurus,


I m currently located in India. I have been working on plain MFC (VC++) for last 2 years and want to change. I think that I should now learn COM/ATL DCOM etc. but C# is going strong day by day.

What should i go for-

- Learn COM?DCOM
- Skip COM and go to C#/.NET framework
- First COM and then C#

Pls help

[Yves M]

First COM and then C#. COM will still be around a lot in the future, so it's always a good technology to know.

[chmanish]

Thanx a lot. Can you suggest some books for ATL/COM and C#

[Yves M]

For COM, the best book is Don Box's but you need a solid background in C++ to understand it
For ATL, I have ATL Internals, which is unfortunately a bit dated now, but still provides a good overview and some details.
For C#, I don't know.

[Deniz]

I reckon do them all. C# from what I've gathered won't be all that hard if you are already fluent in how MS do their internals (MFC). COM & ATL will change in time as does everything else but whatever it changes into, you'll need the basics.

You can't go wrong with extra experience so go for them all.

As for books, I find that what works for some doesnt work for others. Go to a good IT bookshop and get your hands on the books, flip through the pages, look at the contents and get a basic clue about the author. You can't go wrong.

Good luck.