>I was talking with some of the employees at a relatively new contract I have and they said that the boss (not exactly pointy-haired, but close) told them that they shouldn't look for answers for Foxpro issues on UT because it was a waste of their time; they should already know the answer or ask their coworkers or look it up in the help. I have been using UT as an extension of all the books, help and coworkers on site. He knows this, but never says anything to me as he sees the level I'm producing at. I think I would still be coding in FPW if it hadn't been for this environment. I'm curious if others have seen similar issues with management views on using internet (or UT specifically) as an ongoing Foxpro resource for their jobs. In some defense of the boss, I will say that it is addictive and I spend a certain amount of time (won't say how much) checking stuff out that has nothing to do with a current problem or even relevant to the department's projects. I still firmly believe that
>the client is better off for what I have learned to resolve issues, but I don't know...a little bit of contractor guilt going on perhaps...
>
>Regards, Renoir

Renoir;

I have worked at a number of companies as either a consultant or “full time employee”. As a consultant I was treated as a human with knowledge and no one has yet to question my approach to a problem. Now, as a “full time employee”, that is a horse of a different color!

Two extremes in my programming career:
1. The company insisted all Visual FoxPro Programmers have a membership in the UT, at company expense.
2. The company (80 developers), did not have the MSDN library installed. I changed that!

If you require technical assistance related to programming the UT is the place to answer most questions, and the best place for VFP! There are other forums for specific software development tools and I also use those as required. To expect a programmer to know everything points to the folly of management’s thought process. These are the same guys that started the .COM craze – no business plan or concept of how to make a profit. I might also that such persons are completely lacking in any human values. These same individuals cannot find their own behinds if both hands were on the seat of a chair and they sat on them!

Have a great day.

Tom