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

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I have been using VB since version 4.. too long ago to remember.  <\/span>I started out building basic form widgets, familiarizing myself with all the controls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I am a solutions developer at a Collection Agency.<\/p>\n

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

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Three, me myself and I \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I typically build solutions to streamline business processes.  <\/span>Reports that were once created in Excel by hand are now automatically generated daily.  <\/span>Numerous other projects over the years that overall helped streamline the workflows.<\/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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The most interesting app I’ve built would be one for Dynamic generation of Reporting Services RDLC definition files.  <\/span>Allowing for a dynamic number of columns on the same report, ability to group columns and toggle the visibilty of them.<\/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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Top Secret!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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SQL<\/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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How much cleaner it is over C#.  <\/span>I know both but VB looks very clean and, in my opinion, well planned.<\/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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