>>>>>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 ...
>>
>>:-)
>
>I prefer The beatles:
>"I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you" :-))

Never heard of it.

My reference was to Grady sending the same message to himself, apparently unabridged. :-)