>Most of my clients rely on me to pick the right tool for the job; that's why
>they hire me rather than an idiot with a hammer who thinks all problems are
>nails. I can't remember the last time a client said "I want to hire a VFP
>programmer to write an application"; the standard question is "I have an
>application I need developed, how would you recommend doing this?"

It seems sometimes like the standard question is actually "I have an application I need developed in Visual Basic, how would you recommend doing this using Access?"

Caveat: I haven't worked as an independent consultant in quite some time....