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·<\/span>        <\/span>How long have you been using VB?<\/p>\n

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Since 1998 (VB6), its the first language I learnt. I took a free ‘learn VB in 24 hours’ course online during my free time in highschool<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What industry do you work in?<\/p>\n

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I’m a software engineer\/Applied Mathematician in the relocation industry<\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>How big is your development team?<\/p>\n

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There are 6 of us, we’re all VBs!<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/p>\n

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We do a lot of ASP.NET Web Apps<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What’s the most interesting app you’ve ever built?<\/p>\n

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I coded a custom rules engine using WF with VB, fantastic stuff!<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>Please tell us about an app that you’re working on at the moment.<\/p>\n

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I’m working on pattern classification and feature extraction\/selection for real time (learning i.e. user aided) classification with a high degree of accuracy<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/p>\n

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C#, WF, TSQL, SQL CLR, ASP.NET, VS08<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/p>\n

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I love how not intimidating the language structure is – coming back to code I haven’t seen in months takes minutes to get back into because its so easily readable! I love CLR!<\/span><\/p>\n

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·<\/span>        <\/span>What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/p>\n

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Its very easy to get up and going in VB as compared to other languages without compromising the ability to perform complex technical tasks.<\/p>\n

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For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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