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MVP Profile: <\/font><\/span>https:\/\/mvp.support.microsoft.com\/profile=D81FAC63-665A-44BA-AEF7-8CFE3588E7EF<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Blog: <\/font><\/span>http:\/\/www.blogusmaximus.net<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>How long have you been using VB?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n I’ve been using VB since version 3.0, way back in 1993. It was love at first sight.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What industry do you work in?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Software Consulting. We serve pretty much every industry.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>How big is your development team?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n It varies from project to project, anywhere from 1 to many, with local and offshore components.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What kind of apps do you most commonly build?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Web, Windows, Services, Games, all of the above. As a consultant, I get called upon to build a pretty broad variety of things.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What’s the most interesting app you’ve ever built?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n I’m not one to pick favorites, since each has had its own set of challenges, but the VB\/XNA stuff I’ve been doing has been a lot of fun. If I had to pick one, it would be my pet RPG project: Heroic Adventure! that I’ve been working on for a few years now. I started it in VB.NET 2003 and it’s still going strong. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>Please tell us about an app that you’re working on at the moment.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n I’m building a MVC application that does reporting with some 3rd party components and we’re also using quite a bit of JQuery. It’s proven to be an interesting challenge getting all the pieces working together properly.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What other technologies do you most commonly use?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n If Microsoft makes it, I’ve probably used it at some point on a project, although I use other stuff too. The open source community has some great tools. I’ve been using MVC and JQuery a lot lately.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What are some of your favorite VB features?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n I’m not sure I can narrow it down to just one favorite, but I think XML Literals are pretty sexy, and LINQ is pretty awesome as well.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n ·<\/span> <\/span>What do you like most about VB as a programming language?<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Ease of use, familiarity, and how easy it is to jump into someone else’s code and quickly figure out what’s going on.<\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n For other interviews in this series, please visit <\/font><\/span><\/b>http:\/\/imavb.net<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n