[AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then?

1. Access development. Bored silly with it, too, but, despite the need to
move to a more robust platform, our company hasn't yet been able to make the
leap.
2. More data interpretation, but still a lot of new application development.
Still on Access 2K, partly because I haven't seen any compelling reason to
upgrade, mostly because our company doesn't want to pay for it.
3. Work for a small manufacturing company, roughly 100 employees. I am the
database admin/development half of a two person IT team.
4. No. I'm looking at alternative directions: .NET, Python, Ruby, even Lisp
languages; ANTs, FireBird and VistaDB databases, and Linux/BSD OSs, in hopes
of finding a more productive RAD platform.

-Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Erbach [mailto:erbachs at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 6:05 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then?


Dear Group,

Could you indulge me in a little survey?

1) What's your main line of work these days? Access development, SQL
Server administration/development, VB, ASP/ASP.NET, PHP...?

2) How does your work today differ from what you were doing a few
years ago? Is it only that you're using newer versions of the same
tools, or are you doing entirely different development work?

3) Are you independent or do you work for a company? If you work for a
company, what's the size of the company and where do you fit in?

4) Do you have any Microsoft Certifications? If so, do you keep
current with them, and/or have they made any difference in your
current position?

Thank you very much. I'm approaching a career crossroads with the
decision to stay in business as an independent developer or not. I
have picked up a fair amount of .NET knowledge (the hard way -- is
there any other?) but I have no Microsoft certifications.

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI
www.swerbach.com
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