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

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Since I couldn’t find any decent examples for basic windows development in Delphi, which I had just bought, but could for VB. So, that must be 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Whatever my client tells me \ud83d\ude42 Insurance, banking, process control, etc.<\/p>\n

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

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Depends on the client or who is cooperating on internal projects – so between 1 and 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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B2C or B2B web applications and services.<\/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 Configuration Manager for Heathrow’s T5 OPC systems. And with all the negative press out there, I always have to mention that the baggage handling system was nothing to do with me, the above application or my client company \ud83d\ude42 Everybody asks…<\/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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Can’t. NDA’s \ud83d\ude42 But it’s based on SharePoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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nHibernate, Rhino Mocks, Autofac, Silverlight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Simply WithEvents, Handles and Implements.<\/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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The lack of the accursed curly braces.<\/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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Are you a VB, too? Submit your story <\/font><\/span><\/b>here<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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