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

That posting would tend to indicate it's not the LOCATION
But the SKILLSET making the big difference.

I brought-up the issue of VBA vs. Dot-net and VISTO with John Walkenbach,
the famous Excel developer....
2 years ago...And he said he said he'd rather starve than move to dot-net.
I wonder if he's changed his tune now ?

And this says it all:
http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?op=302&dockey=xml/1/7/17f
fe60eb0a2c6945bfb66cf177dc90e at endecaindex&source=19&FREE_TEXT=excel&rating=9
9
I tried to convince them this could be done easily in VBA.
Nope - they didn't go for it.
Nothing but dot-net.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Salakhetdinov Shamil
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:14 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [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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