I'm surprised he hasn't blamed FLASH yet...

Well, not sure what we (in the US) call entrapment, but I commute 75 miles, one way, to work through some very well known "speed traps". Now, some of the cop cars are plainly marked, though most of the time "hidden" from view until it's to late. But, there are several "plain, unmarked" cars and SUV's that routinely sit in hiding. I actually was sitting next to one at a red light, I glanced over at it, but it was so well hidden, as far as markings go, I had no clue. So, how do I know it was police? Easy. The cross traffic light turned yellow then red, but 1 poor gent decided to run it, and rearended the lady who was stopped. As soon as it happened, that car next to me lit up like a red and blue christmas tree...and so did the same type car that was behind him. Two toally unmarked police cars, who had a front row seat for that accident. Thankfully, I carry a radar detector in my vehicle at all times, and it has saved me numerous times.

The folks I have know they can call or email anytime, though I expect they'll do what they've always done and that's find a solution. Thanks you for your kind words. :)

Loyalty has always been a big deal to me, spent 22 years in the military. I've been here 3.5 yaers, drive 150 miles a Day and do it because I enjoy the job and the company. I totally agree that most workers today, especially younger ones, see no commitment to thier organizations. This company is totally different though, we have very few younger workers because everyone here loves it and stays through retirement for the most part. There's so many people here with 20, 30 and even 40+ years of service, that at our last company audit (last week) that was brought up as a major issue...our folks are all reaching retirement age and noone here to replace them. Anyway, he'll have his hands full, but the company will survive.

We both thank you!

Yea, it's been a very unique week, to say the least.

Thanks. You're correct, the company will go on, now it'll just be a bit more rocky getting there. Where would we be without challenges? :)

For the first time since I started working here, I totally ignored the...

Norm .net wrote:

Note: Partially Work Safe.

unless you read my earlier posts about my new boss, you wouldn't understand this... :laugh:

First thing that came to mind...Frank Zappa. :laugh:

Lottery...hmmmm. Sure, then I win the damn thing and both of us quit our jobs which we just got...irony!

Well, I'm sure you'll be fine and work right through it all, as will my Boss (soon to be ex-Boss). I'm leaving him a very solid team, that in reality can continue doing what they do even without me. They know the plan, they laready have projects lined up and will keep doing what they do best.

Well, now I know and agree. There's always something, but the point is to convert ALL existing code for those rare occasions. It seems alot easier to just leave them alone, Code in C# moving forward and if there's ever a problem, we can always code in VB.NET..the framework cares less...but we'll see what he says. :)

I appreciate that, thanks!

Thank you. We will give it our best.

Yea, she went from making really good money (as much as me) to nothing. She did find occasional Per Diem work (she's in the medical field), but when the bills came due, it was always a challenge. Thanks!

Well, I surely hope it all goes well. Interviews can really suck. I remember one written test I took, had a couple JavaScript questions and they seemed to be totally backwards, but I asnwered them as best I could. I looked them up later on the W3C website...yep...they had them wrong to start, but then again whoever wrote it also lack a mastery of the English language...misspelling on an interview test speaks volumes about a company.

:) Thanks

Thank you very much! :)

First, thanks to everyone who responded to my first post here: OP Very nice input and suggestions from all! However, it now appears that the entire point is moot. Friday, a close friend of mine called to chat. He's been asking me for a year or so to come work with him, and I've been putting him off since I really have a nice job and I'm fairly happy doing what I do. He said his boss wanted to chat. So, I told my wife, who knows him as well and I explained that what my friend does is pretty exciting, but pretty fast paced work, including lots of travel and sometimes long hours, but only 4 days a week (works from home on Fridays). He's been doing this for years and loves it. Anyway, I told the wife not to expect to much, but I'll satisfy my friend by chatting with him. I also made it clear to my friend that it would take a LOT of compensation to even consider a move, and I really didn't feel like I wanted to go through the entire "interview" process anyway. So, his boss calls me, chat for 30 minutes, and within an hour I had an offer letter! Lots of compensation (40% more), I'll join my friends team and work with him until I get settled in, then take over my own team. And to top it all off, my wife, after 2.5 years of being unemployeed, started her new full time job Monday... However, I feel bad for my new boss, he's coming into a very "hectic" time, and I was the guy they had picked to head up a couple really big projects that were starting this year. Well, he starts tomorrow, I'll give him most of the day before dropping this bomb on him, but with or without me, the organization will continue to move forward and succeed. Edit: I realize there's many folks out there who are with out jobs, so I don't mean to sound snobbish. I'm just tickled that after working my butt off for 35 years, it's finally paying off, but more pleased my wife is employeed. It's been pretty stressful making ends meet with just my income over the last 2.5 years.

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ErrolErrol wrote:

reeks of job security

I can't say in our situation that this would even be a thought, we're pretty busy, our company is good and even if we did decline/find the need to get rid of folks, doing conversion work would save anyone from that chopping block. However I agree with the learning situation. We have new code, which I can easily get my team to do in C#, so there's a learning situation there, and we also have a small number of old legacy VB6 applications which also have to be redone, so we'll be looking at a total re-write of those in C#, again a good learning situation for some folks. It's the current production applications I'm concerned with...even if we do decide to convert everything, those prod app's would be done last, and as time permits (hopefully), but we'll see.