{"id":1453,"date":"2009-10-17T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2009\/10\/17\/im-a-vb-michael-becht\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:45:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:45:58","slug":"im-a-vb-michael-becht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/im-a-vb-michael-becht\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm A VB: Michael Becht"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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I think it was VB.3 that I started with.  <\/span>As I recall you weren’t even able to connect to a DB back then.  <\/span>Its amazing how much I’ve had to discard over the years as VB evolved into its current rendition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I’m currently unemployed because of the downturn of the automotive industry.  <\/span>Things are xtra-tuff here in Michigan.<\/p>\n

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

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I worked at a Tier 1 automotive supplier as the one person software support department which handled anything related to computers.<\/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 was an autocad developer and wrote hundreds of routines for the 2D and 3D design environment.<\/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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Ball-n-Stock was my claim to fame and was used in every department.  <\/span>All the company partners also used it thru the web services I developed.<\/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 currently writing an upgrade replacement program to Ball-n-Stock using WFP and Silverlight along with a few other goodies to keep my skills up to speed just in case.  <\/span>Plus I don’t have anything else to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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ASP.NET, ADO.NET SQL Server, WPF, Silverlight, Blend among others but after its all said and done I’m still a VB.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I can’t put a finger on any one feature because they all blend into one great product.  <\/span>I have to mention that I’m very happy to see all the VB How-Do-I Videos that are appearing.  <\/span>Good stuff.<\/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 ease of use when working with the office suite.  <\/span>I’ve never had any problem developing any type of appliction that was required to do the job.  <\/span>If only the XNA group would get with the progam and make it so that we wouldn’t have to dabble with C# to play with XBox.<\/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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