>>I am doing some research on the software development process. I would appreciate anyone who
>>is involved in the any portion of the software development lifecycle answering the following
>>6 questions:
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1) What type of organization do you work in?>I'm retired.
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Are you an independant consultant, part of an IT department, a programmer for a software company?>I still develop software, but I do what I want to do
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2) What level of experience do you have?>>29 years
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3) Describe the software development process where you work>>
Specifically, what steps do you take to accomplish a task from start to finish?>I just plink away at it whenever I feel like programming or I make violins for fun.
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4) What products do you use in the normal course of your work?>It used to be MVS systems (COBOL etc) Now it's Visual FoxPro 9 SP1. It can do it all, faster and better than anything else on the market.
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5) If you could improve on this process, what would you change?>A bigger pension cheque would be a nice touch
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6) What parts of the process work well?>Work? I don't need no stinkin' work!
I ain't skeert of nuttin eh?
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