Aspiring Developer Begins Self-Taught C# and .NET Journey via Microsoft Learn

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A developer has publicly documented the start of their journey toward becoming a software engineer, focusing on C# and the .NET ecosystem. They are working through Microsoft's free Learn C# course, covering syntax, object-oriented programming, and .NET fundamentals step by step. Progress is being tracked in a GitHub repository named Microsoft-Learn, alongside a basic HTML portfolio site built to consolidate their work. Future goals include completing the Microsoft Learn path, building small real-world projects such as an API and console tool, and eventually exploring ASP.NET Core. The post serves as a personal milestone marker and an open invitation for advice from others who have gone through the same learning stage.

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