I agree that the solution is most important....
This is especially true if you're an analyst/designer/project coordinator ( or whatever other non-developer title may come to mind).

But most of us are developers. Ever tried to get a C++ job and all you know is FoxPro or vise versa? Pretty difficult. Although, I believe it's much easier for a C++ person get a VFP job then for a VFP person to get a C++ job.

I guess my point is, in the real world you better have what the employers are looking for, or else you got some tough hill to climb. It ain't easy trying to sell something they don't want, no matter how good it may be - IN THE REAL WORLD.



>Don't forget JVP - people are buying you and not your tools. Over emphasizing the importance of the tool de-emphazizes your role. Of course the big SW vendors want us to feel like we're nothing unless we promote the latest greatest this that or the other they push on us, and burn the company's cash for the seminars - I say, within the realm of application development kits, that we are in charge of what they sell. We need to keep it that way. If we allow the SW vendors' propaganda to take root - eg: "You're obsolete if you're not using ACME Programming Tool", then we may as well just let the project development jobs go over seas[along] with the backend and boiler-room maintenance work.
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>ITS you JVP, not the .NET CD! Don't forget it!
>Don't let anybody tell you otherwise!
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