filePro Programmer shortage

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 02:14:15PM -0500, Tom Palmquist wrote:
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:14:15 -0500
> From: Tom Palmquist <tjpalmquist at adelphia.net>
> To: Ernie Barnard <e.barnard at allamericanmoving.com>
> Cc: filepro-list at seaslug.org
> Subject: Re: filePro Programmer shortage
> 
> 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,
> 
> http://www.vss3.com/Fschedule.htm
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
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And *I* think that someone needs to give free lessons in trimming email
messages when you quote them in a reply.

:-) ^ 2

Cheers,
-- jra
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