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>I was once given a VFP application written by a so called VFP programmer. He had used 58 global variables, and declared some in strange places - like the valid of an object. After removing all the public garbage and creating an application object and solving the programming problems all was well.
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>This was also a classic case of changing data types on the fly (yes in valids of objects) and having things bomb at strange times. The person who wrote this program was fired and took a job at another company at their "hot line". I wish I knew the name of the school he had attended - just to avoid it!
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>Tom

This happens a lot... there's a lot to be said about having someone (or some group) as a mentor. If you don't know how to do something and don't have anyone to ask you have to make it work.

The people you want to avoid are the ones that are taught better and still do it wrong.