>> I personally have my doubts as to how you can manage to program without ever meeting clients. I currently work as a programmer and quite a bit of my time is spent meeting clients and discussing their individual projects.
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>Telephone, email, Internet phone/conference, fax, etc, etc.
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>Vlad


We have two major contracts where we are the sole development source for software that they distribute to hundreds of their customers. We have not met the principals of either company in person, only conversed with them by email and telephone. It has worked well for both of us. One company is over 1800 miles away, the other is 6,000 miles away.