>>>You folks at Myers&Stauffer are, without a doubt, exceptionally talented. My hat is off to you. Keep up the good work!
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>>>>By limiting yourself to one specialty, your doing diservice to yourself and any clients you may have acquired. Your statement can be very discouraging to any new programmer.
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>>>>'Mastering' a language is very subjective. Some people learn at a very rapid rate should not be intimidated by your statement. The limit is the sky ... nothing more and nothing less ...
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>>First I'm half-baked and mediocre. Now I'm exceptional. I don't know. I guess I'll settle for somewhere in between. How's that for a compromise?
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>If you are a MPC in VB, why did you pick up VFP? I personally feel that I am proficient in both VFP and Delphi and would not consider myself mediocre. I know that I used the "half-baked" to describe the MS philosophy of one IDE and choice of languages as it hasn't materialized yet; for example, VJ++ 1.0 and VC++ 5.0 shared the same IDE, but now VJ++ 6.0 more resembles VB but is still a unique IDE...
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>Unless a consultant provides source code for an application, why should a client care about the language? In a corporate development setting, I would argue that it is a very compelling decision as one must consider the available FUTURE talent pool.
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>From everything I read in the "trade rags," one should strive to be proficient in at least VB, VC++, or Java at this time. You're experience seems to put you in a good position, while I have experience in two niche products. ;)
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>Best Regards,
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>Jack Mendenhall
>Director, Information Systems
>Reisurance Management, Inc.

VFP kind of picked me with my job offer and I've been learning both languages for the last two years. I focus on VFP, but I still dabble in VB.

Actually, since I'm interested in getting my MCSD I needed to pass 4 tests and at the time (and this is still true I think) there was no VFP test to take.

At this point, I don't feel that I've mastered either language, although, I'm not convinced that I couldn't if that's what I decide to do. Right now, I spend more time supervising, recruiting, etc... then programming. I may not master either the way things are going.

Your response falls into the camp that more is better. Have you seen the "build a house" portion of this thread? The jury is still out there.

Thanks