As a .NET developer when you write code you write that code in Visual Studio. That has been the De facto standard since the origin of .NET. Does it have to be that way? Today we have alternatives like Monodevelop (Xamarin studio) and Sharpdevelop. For the last two years or so I have been writing all my .NET code in regular text editors like vim and sublime. There are several benefits to working this way. In this talk we will dive into: - How and why you would want to do your work outside of Visual Studio. - The good and the bad of the .NET environment - How this affects the way you write and organize code - Busting some of the myths behind developer productivity