RE: /400 skills test

["Schenck, Don" <Don.Schenck@xxxxxx>]

Jeff --

You, my intelligent, good-looking and athletic lady-killer friend, are DEAD
RIGHT ON!

I'm currently using Rational Rose to build my Visual Basic applications.
Reminds me of my Synon/2E days.

Progen Plus is great stuff.

And you are SO write (pun intended): WHY not use a TOOL to build the
application, to do the grunt work, and let the programmer work at a higher
level.

Good reply, Jeff. You're hired. Bring your Progen Plus.

(Job offers ARE, of course, just a joke here folks)

Peace,

-- Don Schenck

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Crosby [mailto:jlcrosby@fwi.com]
Sent: May 18, 2000 11:11 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: /400 skills test


"Schenck, Don" wrote:
 
> So ... if I *DO* know the significance of SFLNXTCHG ... I'm gold.
> But if I suck at ... say ... writing solid code ... that's okay.
> I'd ask: Have you read "Code Complete? You have? Tell me a bit about it".
> Subfiles are a nit; good coding isn't.

I agree with you, Don.  I couldn't program a subfile from scratch if my
life depended on it, let alone my job.  I flat out cannot remember the
last time I wrote a subfile program from scratch.  I use Progen Plus
from BCD.  Anyone who is not using Progen or something like it to
generate code is nuts.  Progen has paid for itself so many times I can't
begin to count.  Virtually every person in our company is much more
productive because I have Progen.  We're talking every office and
management employee, drivers, the warehouse day and night crews, the
whole shebang.  I could not be giving them the full-featured subfile
programs at the rate I do without Progen.  We're talking company bottom
line difference here.  I know I sound like a shill for Progen, I am
not.  I don't sell it or benefit financially from sales of Progen.  It's
just a godsend.

And besides, why should one memorize what subfile keywords do, in all
there nuances?  You can look them up anytime. 
 
> (Oh boy ... my arrogance is showing again)

Welcome back. <g>
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