Despite the malice you might have recently read in the newsgroups about me,
I am a very good Access developer. Over the last few years, I have
extensively provided help and support in the newsgroups. On a professional
level, I have taught numerous courses in Access, Excel and Word. Currently,
I am in business to provide customers a resource for help with Access, Excel
and Word. I strive to see that my customers are well satisfied and my fees
are very reasonable. I have provided help to business clients and also over
1100 Access users who came to me from seeing my name in the newsgroups. You
can read some of the comments I have gotten from business clients and Access
users below my signature line.
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PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications
Over 1100 users have come from the newsgroups requesting help.
re******@pcdata sheet.com
Here are some comments made by customers I Helped ---
"Steve demonstrated creativity, efficiency and professionalism of the
highest standard. His database programming expertise was invaluable
to us. Steve was a pleasure to work with and displayed a
team-oriented approach to work."
Geordie -- Director of Information Services.
"Wow. This is nice. Very nice. This should help us immensely! Thank you
so much for your help."
Kathy -- Educational Manager at a large Medical Center
"I'm having a real hard time simplifying this stuff for myself and I'm
pleading with my boss to take a loan or whatever we have to do
to get you more hours to handle this properly. I love working with
your guidance. It's almost as if I need you on the phone for every little
thing that pops into my
mind."
John --- IT Manager
".....From that point, Steve, with my input, laid out the overall design and
the steps towards the implementation of the final product which I
delivered to my client just last week. Now, my client wants me to write
additional database systems for them, thanks to Steve who made me
a hero!!"
Jim --- Developer
"Steve is an unique find."
Confidential Customer
And here are some comments made by people from the newsgroups that came to
me and paid me to help them ---
I like it a lot. It does exactly what I want, very good job. Thankyou and I
repeat GOOD JOB
OK, Perfect, well done. See you when I need something more.
Your very helpful email speaks volumes about your level of professionalism .
I will definitely keep your contact information for anyone who needs these
types of services - we very frequently get local businesses
contacting us looking for exactly the type of service you provide.
One word: Wow. I had no clue it could be such an "aesthetica lly pleasing"
interface. I figured it'd just be a big chart. That's amazing. You've really
helped me cause out a lot, and you've done a tremendous job with this demo.
With this, I can more easily explain how a database could help us out.
Thanks for looking ahead. That is the reason I really feel safe working with
you. couple of the programmers who do work for me, need to be checked to
told to do every step of the way. With you, I just need to tell you what I
need to be done, and you will think ahead of all the problems that might
occur in the process.
"TC" <go*********@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ g47g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
I'd like to open a discussion about the state of the industry. For the
past year, I've been unable to find competent Access developers
available for hire. I'm worried about that.
I think there's great demand right now, and that's keeping the good
developers busy, but that's not enough to explain the situation.
Whenever I post an Access job, I get lots of responses from .NET
developers, back-end database people, and web developers. They all have
the attitude that "I don't really do Access application development,
but Access is easy, so I can handle your job." (No!) The message I'm
getting is that people are choosing to build their skills in .NET, in
back-end database work, and in web development, even though the market
is well-served in those fields, but they aren't building their skills
in Access fast enough to keep up with the demand.
If that is indeed what is happening, I can't find a good explanation
why. Sure, Access has a lightweight reputation, and people don't see it
as a career-maker -- but that has always been the case, yet somehow
there have always been plenty of Access developers in the past. What
has changed now? I can't help but wonder if Access's star has faded to
the point where job seekers eschew it as old technology. That would be
a shame, because I think it will be a very long time before Access
loses its market niche.
Anyway, those are my comments. I wonder if other Access professionals
have made similar (or conflicting) observations.
-TC
