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

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I have been using VB.Net for approximately 3 years, Before that I was using Borland Delphi.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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I work in the IT industry. Primarily with small – medium businesses.<\/p>\n

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

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Less than 5 people.<\/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 build distributed data access, control and reporting applications and web applications for small to medium companies.<\/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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A distributed managment system that acts like a CRM as well as managing calls made to clients.<\/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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A CRM for a Medium sized company, using the enterprise library and WPF.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The .NET technologies I commonly use are as follows: WPF, WCF, WWF.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Ease of reading for new developers on the team.<\/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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Implementation of Generics and the VB Powerpacks.<\/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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