What do you guys plan on doing after you're done with qb?

[relsoft]

I plan on being dead..

So who wants to be a priest?

;*)

[Ninkazu]

A priest? Oh now you're just provoking me....

[Mech1031]

Heh. Interesting thoughts coming from a self defined Heavy Metal musician. You clearly don't fit in the standard.

you have to understand something, I'm the only one who can carry out my families name. otherwise, i would probably do nothing with my life. besides, i'm a dreamer.

[Moneo]

I also feel that I will never be finished with QuickBasic.

I think that Windows and Internet were the direct cause of QB becoming obsolete. But, there are a lot of small business that need to do some processing that can't afford all the bells and whistles that are offered today. Examples:

* They can't afford a complex system that requires them to hire a "techie" to be constantly supporting and trouble-shooting the system.

* They can't afford to be constantly making updates to the operating system.

* They can't afford a complex system just to do some basic business applications.

* They can't afford the extra hardware needed to backup their databases.

* They have to conform to the way some package system works, becuase they can't afford to hire a fancy consulting firm to write them a custom system on their monster machine.

* Like the farmer, they don't need a $50,000 Lincoln Navigator to ride around the farm, when all they really need is a $12,000 pickup truck.

What I'm getting at is that todays PC's, with Windows, Internet, Graphical Intrfaces, Object Oriented Languages, web-based applications, and sofisticated databases are not focused on the needs of small businesses.

The needs of many small businesses could be met with the smallest, quality PC available with a maximum of 20mb of disk, running at 366-666 mhz, and running MS-DOS. On such a machine, the applications could very well be developed in QB.

The problem is that most small business have been brainwashed into thinking that a giant PC with Windows and Internet is the solution that they need. The stigma of DOS-based machines with character mode QB applications has yet to be overcome. Hey, not everone can afford to drive a Lincoln Navigator!

There is a big market out there for DOS and QB applications for small businesses, although at this time it's hard to sell. Back in 1999 I did an inventory system for a dairy farm. I got the cheapest new IBM PC that I could find, a PC100. I formatted the disk and installed MS-DOS. I wrote about 30-40 QuickBasic programs for the application, and to date, they have never had a problem nor complaint. I was paid on a consulting basis.

We just need to go out and explore this market. In that way we can make customers happy, make money, and keep QB alive.
*****

[oracle]

And after your meals flop and the restaurant fires you and you go into a downward spiral of drinking and drugs and end up doing TV infomercials and earn money by appearing in Hollywood Squares, and finally *gulp* going into Wrestling... what will you do?

you didn't have to bee so harsh...

Sorry, it was meant to be a joke (I forgot the :rotfl: )... surely you didn't think I was being serious now, did you? :wink:

[Mech1031]

I wasn't sure, sorry for the mis-communication. But i can be a real pain in the a$$ when i'm angry :wink: .

[Fling-master]

Well since I'm already done with QB... I program in C/C++ now and do a fair bit of website stuff in PHP and MySQL (e.g. http://www.rpg-dev.net/). I'm taking a two year computer programming course at college starting in September.

Entry vb programmers can be like 40 or 50 at entry.

Hrmmm.... good I'm already half-way there...

unfortunately entry level game programmers make like 20 thou bucks at entry level, and rarely go higher than 80g's

darn... maybe I can work my way up to the good money heheh. Game programming was what I wanted to do heheh. Although, maybe most game programmers dont make a lot of money because a lot of people think that going to a game design school is all they need. Well, most companies like to see university/college degrees ... not game design school degrees (or both game design school and college/university)... meh.

[oracle]

Degrees are but a step along the road towards experience, that is what they are looking for.