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Laid Off Again
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07/07/2016 14:06:13
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows 10
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01637996
Message ID:
01638060
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118
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>Hi Gang!
>
>I was laid off, along with about 115 other people, back on May 20th, 2016. The company I worked for was sold to another company, and as usual, there is attrition.
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>I have tried looking for work in my local area, but with little .NET experience, and a lot of Visual Foxpro experience (which no one cares for), I am finding it very difficult to find any work. Being 64 with a limited skill set makes me an endangered species.
>
>
>So Gang, it's been fun, for all these many years, to pick your brains and find solutions to the many programming puzzles that have been thrown my way.
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>I am going into early retirement, and work part-time to keep the bills paid. And...... possibly take some local courses in C# and see where that might take me.......... if anything, it will keep my mind clear and in focus instead of stagnating......
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>
>Gonna miss you guys...........
>
>Take care
>
>Tommy Tillman

You may try contacting SunGard Public Sector; they near Greensboro, NC in High Point NC. They are still have a lot of VFP legacy applications,

Here is the only contact information I still have.
Russ Johnson | Sr HR Site Generalist | SUNGARD® PUBLIC SECTOR | 4000 OSSI Court, High Point, NC 27265 | 336.878.1640 | russ.johnson@sungardps.com | www.sungardps.com

I continue to see job opening for VFP developer on the jobs sites.

Best of luck.
Greg Reichert
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