Microsoft’s Programming Community

Say what you will about the big MS, but they support developers not only with great content and tutorials, but with stylish and inviting tools.  In the past few days Microsoft has shown strong support for us budding developers with two sites full of content from which to build upon:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/learningpath/ 

http://creators.xna.com/

And prizes and contests for the more experienced:

http://dreambuildplay.com/

 I want to learn JAVA, really I do.  I know I’d have a future at my current workplace as a JAVA developer if I would just buckle down and commit to it.  Curse you Microsoft for being so good at getting the right tools out there to snag us young, learning developers.  You wouldn’t need an employee with an MBA and a touch programming experience, would you Microsoft?