I have seen many prop traders from prop firms like Futex, CFT financials, etc. find trading jobs in banks and hedge funds. However, many of them did their MBA or MSc before making the switch.
I also started learning C# a few months ago to use the Tradelink API for trading.
There are a few good books/videos out there:
-Visual C# 2010 Step by Step (practical)
-http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorial.aspx
-YouTube
-http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/
-A google search will give you lots of...