On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > I find going to conferences worth the time. Luckily so does the company I > work for. Since no new VFP efforts will be started in the company, SW Fox is > no longer justifiable. I just got back from DevLink in Chattanooga, > Tennessee. I got to spend some time with new people, learned some > information about .NET and ideas about how I could better code my VFP work > using ideas from Functional languages like F#. Alan Stevens, a former VFP > coder that does .NET and Ruby development these days, is an enthusiastic > presenter that doesn't talk about code anymore. He talks about soft skills. > How to better communicate with clients is one of them. One of his > statements, when he was talking about the skill level as a developer, went > something like this. "You're here at this conference because you are wanting > to go to the next step." That's true for me. There were several sessions > where I heard the speakers say, program in a different paradigm. It helps > you program in your language better. If you work in an OOP language all the > time, try something like Ruby or Python, or a Functional language like F# or > Scala. > ----------------------
I didn't got because I have been traveling every weekend the month of Aug and was wore out. Dealing withMom's house has been more than I bargained for. Glad you enjoyed yourself in Chatt. I have some friends who just moved up your way or so I think that you are close. He is a PIC programmer. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmyl6ve4kcmmz44xk4_ewurret5szn36pe2v3r57azf-...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
