>>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 me 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 don't work, I got a job! We don't use no stinkin' four letter words around here."