Second this. Most people new to VB.NET these days are transitioning from VBA and would find C# far more difficult. Engineers in my office don't write much production code and therefore get to pick what they want to solve problems. Python is very popular and the .NET people are split in 1/2 between C# and VB.NET. The C# code is usually better as the people that choose it are more advanced programmers, but the VB.NET crew still crank out time saving tools and like it.
