Bravo William Sanders!
Of all the responses to Wong's plight you have indeed shown what the ProFox
community is all about. Very direct and specific information that I am
hopeful Wong will be able to use. Of course, thanks to Ed for making it
possible via his ProFox site.
Gil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces AT leafe .DO.T com
> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]On Behalf Of William Sanders
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:45 PM
> To: profoxtech AT leafe .DO.T com
> Subject: Re: Who moved my cheese?
>
>
> Heya Wong -
>
> I was at the little red dot just south of you for almost a year recently -
> so I'll throw you some comments (from a pui angmo perspective) that I
> think might be specific to your locale:
>
> If you are in Malaysia why not apply for a dev job at UBS?
> That place will remain a VFP shop, imo, for the next 4 years at least.
>
> Of course, if you work at UBS at the moment and you are having this
> problem, then GOSH! Golly! GeeWhillikers even - wtf happened?
>
> But - you said this - here's some comments:
> WTC> Being a software developer for few years and now my career is near to
> WTC> the end.
> Your career is never at the end. You're j-o-b may go away, you may change
> companies due to lack of funding or redundancy, but you will never stop
> your career. If you can understand the difference, and quickly, you will
> make huge inroads to what it means to have 'a career'.
>
> WTC> The company is goind to close down and i don't know what can i do!!?
> Yes you do - you have a computer and internet access - go hit up all of
> the other VFP dev shops in Malaysia and tell them you are looking for work
> either as a contractor or as a FTE employee.
>
> As it is now, you are about to allow despair to set in and swallow your
> existence. Don't let that happen, ah? hao bu hao.
>
> This can't possibly be the first time you've looked for work as a software
> developer, right?
>
> Moving Sideways, if I were you, I'd find all of the Malaysian UBS
> authorized resellers (there's a huge list on their website, btw) and pick
> up the phone and CALL THEM, touting your experience as a VFP developer.
> It's not the only vertical market company in MY, but they are the largest
> utilizing VFP and have a solid channel for their resellers. All of the
> resellers do customization work at the source code level and continually
> need VFP talent.
>
> Moving Sideways again - do you have the contact info for VFP Development
> groups in Malaysia? I have a list, it's a bit dated.. I'll share it with
> you (maybe) if you can send me an email offlist and include a narrative
> about what you've been doing with VFP.
>
> IF I were in your shoes, I'd join the MS Empower For ISV Program and get a
> few software products out the door written in VFP for resale and
> marketing. See www.empowerforisv.com iirc it's about 1200 Ringit to join,
> then some other costs for testing later in your sw dev lifecycle. There's
> some other avenues for you to get into at
> http://members.microsoft.com/partner/malaysia/default.aspx as well.
>
> The Telemarketing arena in Malaysia has boomed the last two years and the
> majority of small call centers (30 to 100 seats) are using VFP as the tool
> of choice for SFA. There are many in Penang, and you should be able to
> find several that need assistance. There are HUGE call centers in KL too -
> which city are you in?
>
> You might also consider becoming an independent consultant - lots of risk
> but the dollar amounts are higher. I would suggest that you look hard at
> the FoxFire! application and target FoxFire Sales and YOUR services to
> companies larger than 20 who use databases - it's a great reporting tool
> for any database (but requires a VFP guru to set it up properly).
>
> Remember you have a good skill set (right?) so you need to market
> yourself.
> To stand in a puddle of tears after despair has set in really sucks.
>
> If you are competent in training, why not set up workshops in VFP? I did
> something similar in GZ - see http://china.efgroup.net/training.html ...
> There's enough of an outline there that you can pick and choose what you
> can present on.
>
> and Finally... If someone *MOVED* your cheese, then it's been stolen.
> Suggest you learn how to make cheese, and stop complaining.
>
> And come on - can't you use another 3 bowls of laksa? mum mum mum ..
>
> xie xie [Bill]
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