I'm sorry... I don't see what you're saying...
Thanks,
-Michelle
>It's Wall Street quote for the same thing :-)
>
>>Pardon my ignorance, but what is MSFT? The MS I can figure, but FT? From your post I think maybe False Truths...?
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>-Michelle
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>>>>Hi Bill,
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>>>>Are applicants to pretend that FP/VFP never existed?? If an applicant were to say something like 'yea, I bought Bob and thought it was pretty cool, but I guess it was just a bit ahead of its time', would that person be told to shut up about it and be sure not to mention it????
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>>>That's what was implied
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>>>>When asked I am happy and proud to tell an interviewer that I can claim Autocoder, COBOL, Fortran, OS Assembler etc in addition to the more 'modern' languages. Frankly, I just wouldn't heed the advice given in this case, and if it meant not getting a job, then so be it. It is stupid advice, more indicative of a 'siege mentality' or an 'historical revisionism' bent and I doubt that I would want to work in such an environment.
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>>>He wants the job -- he's not going to mention it.
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>>>>If this attitude is truly prevalent around Microsoft in general, then they are in far deeper trouble than I ever would have guessed.
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>>>Around the MSFT campus, I suspect a FoxPro/VFP would return shrugs -- I suspect most within MSFT don't even realize what FoxPro is. MSFT Consulting and the sales departments, however, it appears to be a different story.
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