one thing that i did in the beginning was to find a small business that wanted their own website w/database, or in my case, they had an existing website they wanted to "upgrade". they really didn't want to pay the $80 per hr for development, so i did it for peanuts.the small business got what they wanted & i got a bit of "street cred" as a developer, plus it's nice in an interview to drop a couple of dot-com names as "proof of ability". and i also went the "community college" route which really no one seemed to mind, but i did get an oracle cert as well. but, really, only HR cares about degrees. ability & experience go a long way with 99% of the employers i've interviewed with. that's my 2-cents

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i've got two sites @ brinkster.net using .net 1.1 + Access(they went the cheap route- i suggested sql server[but not too many DB hits]). and Support is really responsive (about 30 sec - 1 min). of course, depending on who in support you talk to there, you may get two different answers, however support really is 24/7. not too shabby.

is anyone familiar with the rosettanet RNIF frame work for sending B2B files (Invoices etc) in .xml format. and can this be done from a DotNet Application. i can only find developers Using BizTalk server or a purchased solution from a vendor. thanks for any help or advice. rik