[AccessD] Access banned; VBA skills at new lows...

Hi Charlotte and All,

Are the following job proposals from the same Craiglist typical (average, lower/higher than average) there for Senior C# Developer position?

Senior C# Agile/XP developer (Philadlphia region)
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/sof/1115870370.html

Sr. .net Analyst/Programmer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/sof/1111783154.html

Thank you.

--
Shamil

-----Original Message-----
From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:47:50 -0700
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access banned; VBA skills at new lows...

> That represents how valuable they think skills in supporting MS Office
> are.  Support personnel are typically underpaid, but this is ridiculous.
> 
> Charlotte Foust 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darryl
> Collins
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:43 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access banned; VBA skills at new lows...
> 
> $12 USD an hour?....
> 
> uh huh...
> 
> is that typical now??  I am pretty shocked actually.  You would get more
> sweeping streets or flipping burgers here.
> 
> ...
> 
> darryl.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
> Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 5:23 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: [AccessD] Access banned; VBA skills at new lows...
> 
> I was at a client site yesterday where myself and the business manager
> met with the IT "team".
> Well, it turns out, we were going to create a quick-and-dirty mini
> datamart for reporting purposes.
> However, IT said : "No more work in Access is permitted"
> Apparently in the recent past, some rogue Access apps were using ODBC
> connections to their live, REALTIME SQL Server databases, and
> performance really took a hit. The queries ran in a loop as they were
> poorly designed and constructed. So one stupid programmer ruined it all
> for everyone !
> Nonetheless, we'll just use SQL Server Reporting Services to format and
> consolidate the data into a SQL Server table and then download it to
> Excel.
> Excel has not been banned (yet).
> However, in our neck of the woods in this economy, pay rates continue to
> drop to ridiculous levels as noted by this ad:
> http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/tch/1116061032.html
> I know, I know...the ever-so-awful craigslist.
> I hate it too.
> 
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