Adding to database skillset

[tjmoses]

I've been lurking on this board for about 4 years now, getting great
answers and solutions to many, many Access and VBA questions that I've
had over the years. I was hoping that you all could pass along some
advice.

I consider myself a intermediate access developer, and I am looking to
continue to learn and challenge myself.

During my current job search, it seems like Access jobs in my area are
pretty rare. While I know that Access is still a frequently used
solution, is the marketplace/industry moving towards other programs?
SQL Server? Oracle?

Can you recommend job search web sites that may have good MS Access
opportunities?

Thank you.

[CDMAPoster]

ManningFan wrote:

Lyle Fairfield wrote:
Of course, Microsoft is wrong. IMO (again) more than fifty per cent
of
the seekers of help here have created something so convoluted and
ugly
that there is no solution. More patient regulars try to help; I
respect
and admire their humility and optimism while I suppress my instinct
to
answer, "Where did I go wrong?" with "You turned on the computer."
*************** *************** *************** *************** *************** ****

So you DO understand why some of my posts aren't so optimistic! I
think I put in 75% of my posts here that NOT EVERYONE CAN BUILD A
DATABASE! Just like not everyone can paint or play guitar or play
basketball. But just like the afore-mentioned, some people can do just
enough to screw it up to kingdom come.

The flip side is how Query By Example (Visual SQL?) enabled people with
no experience writing SQL to learn SQL. Some people using or who will
use the new Schema By Example (Visual Schema?) may one day learn what
they are doing and even become experts. I agree that most Access
database applications out there are atrocious, or worse. The humorous
"You turned on the computer." answer may actually be the correct answer
for many people. But it's sometimes hard to tell in advance whether
someone really belongs in that group or not.

When I first moved to Boston I heard a radio talk show host who tried
to answer phone questions. The guy knew almost nothing about the
subject. Six years later, just before I moved again to attend graduate
school I happened to stumble across the same talk show while looking
for a radio station. I was amazed. The same guy was talking like he
knew what he was talking about. I listened some more. He did know
what he was talking about.

Either way, anyone who makes an attempt to become proficient will gain
respect for the people who have become proficient as well as gain some
hands-on knowledge. I try to answer people as if they are in the
latter group, knowing full well that many are not.

James A. Fortune
CD********@Fort uneJames.com

[Lyle Fairfield]

CD********@Fort uneJames.com wrote:

Are you speaking from personal experience? About Paris Hilton being
demanding.

It was her great-grandmother I knew. I just assumed it was a family
thing.

[CDMAPoster]

Lyle Fairfield wrote:

CD********@Fort uneJames.com wrote:

Are you speaking from personal experience? About Paris Hilton being
demanding.

It was her great-grandmother I knew. I just assumed it was a family
thing.

Now that you mention it, I do see some resemblance between Hilton and
Fairfield. They're both hotels!

James A. Fortune
CD********@Fort uneJames.com

"We picked up one excellent word -- a word worth travelling to New
Orleans to get; a nice, limber, expressive, handy word -- 'lagniappe.'
They pronounce it lanny-yap. It is Spanish -- so they said." -- [Mark
Twain, "Life on the Mississippi"]