>I understand the difficulty in always having to learn something new - but it's a reality.
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>I'm not saying that if you don't learn WPF you'll be out of work. But again, consider the statistics....avg turnover rate is less than 2 years...more and more "good developers" are being laid off....it is important, now more than ever, to manage one's career. And that includes keeping a very close eye on where development trends are going.


Agreed. But if you don't settle down and get good at something, you end up a jack of all trades and master of none.

I think companies make similar decisions all the time. Do they change to a new server, or OS, just becuase MS says its better or faster? Think Windows Vista. I know many IT folks who detest it. Look at Office 2007. I know many IT people, yes IT people, who still can't figure it out. My wife made me unistall it. It's a flop.

Trends don't aleays mean better.