I have been interviewing for the last year trying to figure out where I want to land in terms of location (going back to Phoenix, AZ where I was born and raised) and I am now having an issue with the market for LAMP/PHP jobs in Phoenix. Most of the PHP jobs seem to be startups, which I am trying to stay away from because I just can't handle that anymore, not at this stage of my life.
Phoenix currently has a large surplus of C# .NET development jobs. I have worked with C# before, but it was almost 10 years ago and I know that that landscape has changed quite a bit.
I am interested in making the shift to C# .NET, but I am having a hard time selling the move in a Coverletter to prospective employers. I mean, I can obviously show that I have prior experience with C# .NET, but most employers are going to see that I have not developed in that "stack" for quite some time and will just disregard my Coverletter/resume.
The advice that I am seeking is to see if anyone else out there has made such a language jump between jobs and how did you sell yourself to the company when you haven't dealt with the language in a long time or when you have never even developed in the language in a professional capacity.
Thank you all for you time and I look forward to your responses!
