!Re: Nuke Redmond!

From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <(allisonp_at_world.std.com)>
Date: Thu Apr 6 12:04:24 2000

On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> Well, Allison, at least you've got the VB under your belt! I wish I'd been
> that smart some 10 years back. I was too much of a hardware snob to catch

You know why? To clean up other people "code" and thats quoted for
sacrasm! Hate using it.

> the VB wave, which seems to make all these young guys retire before they're
> 40. It's probably not fun, since the class of things it handles well is
> quite narrow, but they typcially make in half a day what I make in a week of
> billable time.

There is that. Me, I have to be able to hit the floor running on ANY OS,
progamming language or CPU.

> If VB's a joke, I guess it's a joke on me. Perhaps it's a joke on you, too.

My job is results, not being a VB lover. I use what is there, mandated or
cheap. Because I can speak other languages I don't ahve to worry if the
industry decides tomorrow that visualfraq is now the hot thing and VB is
passe`.


Allison
Received on Thu Apr 06 2000 - 12:04:24 BST