>Marcia, I'm guessing that owning your own company keeps you employed most days
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>Then you would be guessing wrong. Fortunately, Andy is an expert SQL Server developer and DBA and his skills are a lot more in demand than mine are. There are .NET programmers standing on street corners wearing signs "Will program for food". My last contract ended on Auguat 26th and I have interviewed for 3 contracts this month - waiting to hear the results of the interview I had last Wednesday.
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Too bad you weren't closer to the Detroit area. At the .NET user group there have been more companies hiring .NET devs. than people at the meetings looking for jobs (and it's been that way for at least 1.5 years now).