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MVP Profile: <\/font><\/span>https:\/\/mvp.support.microsoft.com\/profile=8DCDBC52-511A-4A36-B035-B15A5E4E6F98<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n Blog: <\/font>http:\/\/weblogs.asp.net\/jackieg\/<\/font><\/a> <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>How long have you been using VB?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n I first started with VB3 when it was released in 1993. <\/span>After working many years in the real-time \/ embedded space, I had spent the previous half year learning Windows programming in C (Petzold). <\/span>When a friend of mine told me that VB3 was “the greatest thing since sliced bread” I checked it out and haven’t looked back since.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What industry do you work in?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n I\/we have worked across many different industries, including medical, financial, robotics, real-estate, and web applications.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>How big is your development team?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Usually falls in the range of 1-5 developers.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Windows (Winforms), Web, and messaging.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What\u2019s the most interesting app you\u2019ve ever built?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n They’ve all been interesting \ud83d\ude42 <\/span>But perhaps the most memorable was a VB6 application that was a development environment for robotics programs. <\/span>It included an IDE, language compiler, and real-time debugger — all developed in VB6.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>Please tell us about an app that you\u2019re working on at the moment.<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n We are currently developing a high-throughput messaging and database system for the medical information field.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n SQL Server, MSMQ, Web Services, and C#.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Background compile, MY, and LINQ.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u00b7<\/span> <\/span>What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Readability and the undying passion of its developer community.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font><\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>. <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n