Hi, Nadya.
>I'm wondering how long for you does it usually take to become productive in a new environment?
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>For the almost 2 last years I was using MereMortals VFP framework and was used to doing things certain way.
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>Prior to that I worked with our own custom made framework...
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>Now I'm facing a situation that I have to create a new application, but there is no common framework at all. {snip}
Did you talked about frameworks with them? I mean, if you noticed that their productivity and quality is behind wat you experienced with a framework, you can try to introduce the idea. Otherwise, you may try some open source framework (if MM is our of budget) and customize it into your own, thus not having to start from scratch.
Regards,