{"id":1423,"date":"2009-10-17T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/10\/17\/im-a-vb-mike-hillman\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:45:43","slug":"im-a-vb-mike-hillman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-mike-hillman\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Mike Hillman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Website: <\/span>http:\/\/www.mikehillman.com<\/a> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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

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18 years<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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IT Consulting<\/p>\n

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

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1<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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N-Tier Client Server WinForm applications<\/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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Industrial control and data acquisition touch screen application for plastic container manufacturing<\/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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Warehouse Management System<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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T\/SQL<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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String handling and overall ease of use.<\/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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VB has a very natural syntax.  <\/span>Because of the simple syntax it is easy to write and maintain.  <\/span>I have used several other languages but I am most productive when coding in VB.<\/p>\n

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For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font><\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n

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