>>>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:
>>>
>>>1) What type of organization do you work in?
>>I'm retired.
>>>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
>>>2) What level of experience do you have?
>>>29 years
>>>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.
>>>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.
>>>5) If you could improve on this process, what would you change?
>>A bigger pension cheque would be a nice touch
>>>6) What parts of the process work well?
>>Work? I don't need no stinkin' work!

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you ...

:-)