>Unfortunately, VB does not corner the market in people passing themselves off as proficient. I have seen this too. People who call themselves VFP-qualified who don't know what a class is.
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The comment below was meant to be a joke, but you point out an unfortunate reality. There are a lot of people, both VB and VFP, who're calling themselves consultants without any reality backing them up. There are no objective measures or professional certifications that have common meaning in our field, and the people whho fit this category don't help the credibility of the developer marketplace.

While passing certification exams is not a real indication of serious development experience, it is a filter on those whose VFP abilities are limited to spelling it and having it load from the Visual Studio CD.

Just my $0.02

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>>>As a team leader I'd be much more inclined to hire MCP/MCSD-certified developers. It may be a commercial program but at least it is a uniform yardstick with which to measure someone's skill set. I've seen more than one person pass themselves off as VFP experts, only to discover later that they can just barely spell "Foxpro".
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>>(Checking the dictionary) Hey, shouldn't that be spelled Visual BASI...
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