[AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL

In the 'good-old-days' there were very few knowledgeable people in the world
of computers. If you knew anything about PCs and programming you were a God.
There were fortunes to be made if you were willing to work hard. (Bought a
house cash in two years) 

It was before every smart person figured out the world of computer was the
way to go and they would like be a wealthy God... For every computer job
there is 10 really talented computer guys there to do it.

No longer do my good looks and delightful personality guarantee me the
contract, I have to be able to do it faster, cheaper, with more features and
use the latest technology. The main issue I have is that I still have to
work long nights with little sleep but I do not recover by ten in the
morning anymore. 

Maybe I should go and manage some of these young brats that are now smarter
and faster than I am. To that end I have started a new company and the
product(s) should be ready by next year.... then I will retire to some
comfortable estate... and continue playing with computers, programming and
databases to the end of my days.... OK, I admit it I am addicted :-)

.Net is really neat and all you have to learn is XML, JavaScript, MS SQL, C#
and ASP.Net and maybe ADO.Net and life is good.

Now back to work. :-)
Jim 

   

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:05 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] The future of Access, .NET and SQL

I am not saying that .net isn't a PITA, it definitely is.  There is a LOT to
learn and a LOT of stuff to discover and figure out, but man it is in a
completely different league from anything I have ever seen before.  The guys
making 800s on their SATs are designing stuff that I can use to make me look
like I scored 700s on mine.  ;-)  

I think that is pretty darned awesome.

===========Awesome yes, but change always displaces people. In the late 80's
through the 90's, applications development was something that the smarter
than ordinary, but not a rocket scientist person could take up, sometimes
even teach themselves, and cut out a nice little niche for themselves --
with a little ingenuity and ambition, a regular person could make a decent
living. That's getting harder and harder.  

It isn't just .NET that's changing things -- it's not learning one
difficult, but really powerful language -- it's the expectations, no it's
the demand, that we be competent in several different areas. It isn't enough
to know a lot about something anymore, you must know a lot about several
technologies now. It's becoming too much for some people -- people like me.
I don't want to work that hard for so little -- just to keep up. If I can't
get ahead, I'm in the wrong place. I will never get ahead with .NET/Web/etc.
--  I will never be proficient enough. 

Susan H. 

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