Trouble and Crash are two perfect names for a lab. I like both.

Copper is doing pretty good. She is taking to potty training really well. My wife is home with her this week, and she had some problem orignally because she studied up too much from too many different sources that said conflicting things and confused herself. I am taking more of an educated/common sense attitude. If she nips, I yell no, and she stops nipping. Works for me. Next week is my week home with her, and I am looking forward to it, although it's time for some tough love crate training.

The more I think about it, the more I like Trouble. I might steal that someday if I get a lab, although Herky comes first.


>I understand that you have geographical considerations but there are tons of .NET development jobs around, aren't there?
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>FWIW I'm with you in liking development a lot more than other roles in the software development process. The past couple of days I am working on some documentation and can't wait to be done with it.
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>How is the puppy working out? Ours is still pure energy and trouble. The girls get more aggravated with him than I do, not having been through this before with babies <g>. Actually Trouble was one of the names under consideration. We settled on Crash this weekend -- and two hours later he killed a lamp! LOL
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>>That's where I get frustrated. There has been times where I don't open Visual Studio for a month... most of the work is done in Excel.
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>>>Hi Mike,
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>>>I actually prefer this to some degree, the real power of a good developer is to solve business problems. Being in a position to help drive a company in a profitable direction, you become more valuable. IT Management positions are where the big bucks are, but if you can get that and still be able to do a lot of coding too, that is the balance I look for.
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>>>>The problem here is that it is hard to find a pure "developing" job. I have found myself performing more of a business analyst role a lot.