You know that there is also a VFP - Spanish forum, right? Just in case you feel more comfortable with English. You will usually get useful answers there, too.
>Hello
>
>I have some questions, please give me some advice
>
>1.when a peson develop a custom software application , is usual that they ask for your
>resume?
Presummably the company wants to know whether you can deliver quality software, so it does make sense. I don't know how USUAL that is, but it makes sense.
>is it different in thea case of a software company?
Here, it would be even more important to get qualified people.
>2. when The customer are beginning from scratch to have application in their company ,
>they are interested in what language a professional or software company person will
>developer de the software, havinf in mind that tehy only will have the .exe files?
Many people here on this forum think that it is really none of the client's business; what the client needs is a solution (or, as you say, an EXE).
But clients do tend to have an idea that one programming language is better than another, even if they know next to nothing about programming themselves. And in some cases, it would even be justified to have some idea about the technology employed. For example:
Some languages may require the client to buy additional components, for instance, a specific database server, a reporting system, etc.
Some languages can run on multiple platforms (i.e., not only on Windows).
Some languages (like Visual FoxPro) are considered "dead" - there will be no further upgrades for Visual FoxPro. This may have an adverse effect on future compatibility. Perhaps it won't - but it sure is something that can scare people off.
>3.When a person is almost 40 nas have only a bit of experience , less than 2 years. they
>can expect having a future in the software industry ,as a professional or having a
>software company ?
I guess any person can learn to program, if they dedicate lots of time and effort. It depends more on your desire to learn (and un-learn, in some cases) than on your age. But age may, indeed, be a limiting factor - it is easier to learn for a younger person. I am slightly over 40 now, and quite often just feel too tired - too old! - to learn anything new. But perhaps you feel younger than that...
Saludos,
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
