>>>Roxanne,
>>> Where are you located, in such that it is hard to find decent FP or VFP programmers??
>>>
>>>Thanx!
>>>
>>>Tony Miller
>>>Vancouver, Wa
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>>I'm located in Central Pennsylvania, right outside of the state capitol Harrisburg. There's alot of bigger system work in this area, good PC developers are hard to come by. Seems all the reputable FoxPro people migrate to either Philadelphia, New York, or DC. My boss spent over a year trying to find a local FoxPro programmer (company wont relocate people) when he found me... now come Jan. 1st it's my turn to go out and find more FoxPro people to build a development team (crosses fingers). Ever interview a programmer with nearly 10 years experience who says to you... "What do mean you write programs with FoxPro? That's not a language!?" LOL.... "Next!"
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>Well, maybe they just need some good information. Let them see a little of what VFP can do...you may be letting a potentially good programmer get away. Right now computer programming positions are pretty plentiful for job seekers. Sometimes the employer has to show the programmer why he/she would want to work there to get some good quality people.
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>Joe

Boy you hit the nail right on the head. But I havent been given full reign yet to find somebody (everything has to wait until 1st of the year), I've just been looking at candidates that either found the job opening on our website, or were referred to me through this adult continueing education facility I use to work at. Hopefully I haven't gotten around to the "good programmers" yet! ;) Thing is tho I have this hefty data warehousing project that should of been started months ago, and I really need to find experienced fox people to take my plans/designs and run with it. But thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind when days of endless interviews start rolling around.