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>>Where are all the .Net proclaimers to tell me how worthwhile and lucrative the switch was for them. How the thousands of hours relearning and retooling their shops has paid off handsomely, I want to hear your stories.
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>>They always seem to be here to tell us the VFP is dead or that if your not doing .Net your not a real programmer, I want someone to make the real argument, the main reason we all program, is how it benefits you financially?
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>Well it didn't take you long to revert to the old self.
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>My earnings increased by 20K in the last 2 years since my switch to .net/c#. I took advantage of a number of opportunities including code camps and built a net work of highly informed people who helped make my tranisition and my productivity much easier than it would have been. It paid off for me, I have a great job, an unlimited potential, not bounded by a development environment that you have to justify everytime you mention its name. Look at it anyway you want, if you want a financial increase and opportunity, then move to a different platform, i.e., ruby, java, php, .net, c#builder, delphi, etc. Your opportunities will definately be greater than remaining with VFP and being phased out as projects get re-written. Thankfully, I made the switch beginning in 2002 (unpaid and self-training) and was in front of the wave of momentum, which prepared me to make the switch 2 years ago which resulted in a tremendous increase in my financial base.
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>Others may have differing views, but that's reality for me.

My situation is similar. My salary has almost DOUBLED in the last 3 years, and considering I make smart career choices and maybe a few sacrifices (longer commute time, spending personal time on studying and learning, spending even more time learning C#) I don't see that rate of growth slowing. Plus, I have plenty of options...

I started with VFP, and if I had stayed, I honestly would be in the same dumpy cubicle right now making 45% less, and I would be too scared to leave that job if I had to because I wouldn't be able to find any other VFP work. I'm not flaming VFP with that statement - I am telling you my honest opinion.