I did a lot of VB6 around the time C# took hold. I initially thought that switching to VB.NET was the move, but with the .NET framework the whole paradigm shifted anyway so I figured I would go the way of the curly bracket. I was also tinkering with C/C++ at the time doing DSP/VST plugin development so while VB was a great RAD/Line of business platform it quickly ended up feeling verbose(most of the time, but sometimes not) and clunky. I soon could parse curly bracket languages much more quickly as well. Be it nostalgia or stubbornness I don't see a problem with sticking with VB if that is your jam, but you cant expect the world to not move on either...
We moved from vb6 to vb.Net and within about 2 years it was clear that c# wa the path forward. We transitioned after that but still have legacy apps that combine both. It was actually the smoothest, least painful technology dead-end I've ever experienced.
