Learn English – Which of these is the correct usage “working [with / on / in]”

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I am trying to update my profile. Which one of these is the correct sentence that I should use in my profile?

  1. I am a developer working on Microsoft technologies.
  2. I am a developer working in Microsoft technologies.
  3. I am a developer working with Microsoft technologies. (Currently, I have this after I tried the above two.)

Best Answer

I am a developer working on Microsoft technologies.

This sounds like you are working for Microsoft on their new technologies. If that's true, then you should state what the technologies are.

I am a developer working in Microsoft technologies.

This sounds like you are working for a division of Microsoft called "technologies".

I am a developer working with Microsoft technologies.

This sounds like what you are really after: you develop using Microsoft technologies.

Perhaps a better way to say this would be:

I develop web applications using Microsoft C# and WCF.

... or whatever the real application area and technologies are.

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