.NET and VFP

[JDurbin]

Wow thanks for the information. I know you have much invested in and experience in SQL and this VFP thing (what is that? <bg> )
What do you mean &quot;get back&quot; at you?
And to think so called &quot;experts&quot; said St Louis is a baseball town and will never be a football town. Idiots. I don't think any of the analysts really looked at and watched the Rams last year.
BTW, I enjoy how threads can sometimes take new shape. Now I guess this is in contrast to netiquette but as this thread has done it can be informative and fun. I hope we can continue to have fun and &quot;jive&quot; back and forth without getting too strict as to netiquette. Perhaps starting a new thread is the correct thing to do but man I have learned at least on the social scene that when you move the atmosphere you move the... oh dang I forgot the saying [sig]<p>John Durbin<br><a href=mailto: john@johndurbin.com> john@johndurbin.com</a><br>MCP Visual FoxPro<br>
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[foxdev]

Well, John, let's take this thread one step further. An issue that I've given some thought to over the past few months: do I see myself doing what I'm doing now when I'm 60? IOW, in a broader sense, the question is not just what technology/language/system do I want to be using in five years, but do I even want to be a programmer in five years?

I've had mid-management technical jobs and, as I'm doing right now, programming/team-lead jobs. The latter seems to be much more lucrative, but I just don't see myself as a 60-year-old programmer. In fact, though I love designing and creating database systems (including both UI and data design), I see so few ground-up system design opportunities these days. That's where the real fun and learning opportunities are, but virtually everything I get called about these days is for maintenance or conversion (for VFP jobs, that is).

A former cow-orker observed that he, as a semi-techy management type, doesn't need to stay cutting-edge current on his skills, and that his management skills are easily transportable from job to job, regardless of the current hot technology.

Maybe I'll follow his lead and get out of the hands-on, since it isn't all that much fun lately anyway, and go into development management.

Do you guys/gals ever have the same thoughts? [sig]<p>Robert Bradley<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[JDurbin]

60..do I even want to be a programmer in five years?
Same thoughts here. I came from sales. To everything is a time and season. My season to make money is here. <g> Heck I'd be happy working 60-70 hrs a week at good pay just this winter. Just want to build up some reserves for a great summer! Got a 6 mo contract available over there in Falcons territory you know of? It seems you're thinking long term and contemplating that. Be assured any job is still a j-o-b. Even if you for example loved beautiful women etc, etc (censored) if you were in that industry it is sitll a job. You cannont do what you want, when you want, how you want no matter what you do <sigh>. Perhaps the grass is always greener..

60-year-old
Now Robert we are talking quite a ways off here aren't we? <s> I talked with you only a couple times or so you didn't sound that close to 60.

I see so few ground-up system design opportunities these days. That's where the real fun and learning opportunities are, but virtually everything I get called about these days is for maintenance or conversion (for VFP jobs, that is).
Welcome VB. Thank you M$ And the customers listened. There is not one single job opp in the paper in St Louis (3 million pop?) for VFP.

A former cow-orker observed that he, as a semi-techy management type, doesn't need to stay cutting-edge current on his skills, and that his management skills are easily transportable from job to job, regardless of the current hot technology.
Good leadership and a good track record of competent decision making is always in demand. ie: from Pepsi to Apple Computer forget his name and perhaps not a good example Heh John Something?

I agree I love coming up with ideas and implementing them. As I said in another thread our company (acutally just my boss) started a new Report Designer. Now that's not a new DBMS system but it's something like that lines. Fun. Exciting. He showed what he has so far to Hennig, Moore, Black, The Fox Team all the big guns at DevCon and they loved it! Only one problem, no time to develop it. I contributed little so far, some ideas and the RTF conversion but ya, I like that kind of stuff too. It's my entreprenual spirit. I think making tools for developers would be fun. And as time permits you can do that on the side. Dunno [sig]<p>John Durbin<br><a href=mailto: john@johndurbin.com> john@johndurbin.com</a><br>MCP Visual FoxPro<br>
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