filePro Programmer shortage

[Tom Palmquist]

Ernie Barnard stated the following on 2/24/2005 2:03 PM:
> It's a shame.
> I still believe someone needs to have a "free" introductory filePro 
> lesson just to show potential developers the Power of filePro. Then 
> charge a nominal fee for advanced classes.
> 
> 
> Ernie Barnard
> Programmer / Analyst
> All-American Moving Group, LLC
> Phone: (901) 353-3900 Extension 1373
> 
> https://www.allamericanmoving.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Schwartz (PC Support & 
> Services, Appleton, WI)" <mschw at athenet.net>
> To: "Ernie Barnard" <e.barnard at allamericanmoving.com>
> Cc: <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:57 PM
> Subject: filePro Programmer shortage
> 
> 
>> On Thu, February 24, 2005 12:36, Ernie Barnard said:
>>
>>> And the good thing is that there are not many (or any) unemployed 
>>> filePro
>>> programmers right now. Bad thing is that there may not be enough to go
>>> around.
>>>
>>> Ernie Barnard
>>
>>
>>     Yes.  I have three clients right now looking for filePro programmers;
>> one near Green Bay, Wisconsin and two near Chicago, and they haven't
>> been able to find any.
>>
>>     In Green Bay, they decided to move a SCO Unix person who had "a
>> couple of data base classes in college" into the filePro department
>> starting Monday, so I will be teaching her filePro for a couple of
>> hours each evening, beginning tomorrow.
>>
>>     It's a shame, because I am filling in right now for a couple of other
>> former full time filePro programmers.  One decided to persue a
>> Java/web development position at another company shortly after they
>> got him fully trained, and the other they had to let go because he
>> was calling in sick more days than he was actually showing up on the
>> job.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
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Ernie,

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Tom


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