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So I was told recently that how I was using my .ContinueWith for Tasks was not the proper way to use them. I have yet to find evidence of this on the internet so I will ask you guys and see what the answer is. Here is an example of how I use .ContinueWith: public Task DoSomething() { return Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { Console.WriteLine("Step 1"); }) .ContinueWith((prevTask) => { Console.WriteLine("Step 2"); }) .ContinueWith((prevTask) => { Console.WriteLine("Step 3"); }); } Now I know this is a simple example and it will run very fast, but just assume each task does some longer operation. So, what I was told is that in the .ContinueWith, you need to say prevTask.Wait(); otherwise you could do work before the previous task finishes. Is that even possible? I assumed my second & third task would only run once their previous task finishes. What I was told how to write the code: public Task DoSomething() { return Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { Console.WriteLine("Step 1"); }) .ContinueWith((prevTask) => { prevTask.Wait(); Console.WriteLine("Step 2"); }) .ContinueWith((prevTask) => { prevTask.Wait(); Console.WriteLine("Step 3"); }); }

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