Monthly Archives: July 2006

Vermont IT Jobs: VB Software Developer at one of my favorite local software companies

Jobs

I worked at Synergy Software when I first moved to Vermont. My original motivation was that Rich and I were both self-employed, and one of us needed to be on someone’s payroll in order to get a mortgage for the house we were about to buy. I really loved working with this company and was torn when I knew it was time for me to go back to being a full time consultant. Not only is it a great team and a fun work environment, but the company has so much integrity – with regards to the quality of their product and in their commitment to and relationships with their clients.

It’s a successful formula and they have been growing and growing. Here is another job listing.

Synergy Software Technologies Inc. is a dynamic, fun and exciting software company located just outside of Burlington, Vermont. We are rapidly expanding our product line, and have immediate openings for experienced Visual Basic programmers. The following qualifications are desired:
Minimum of 3-5 years experience in developing product-level Windows applications/GUIs

  • College degree with a major in computer science
  • In depth expertise with Visual Basic 6.0, ADO, Microsoft Access and SQL Server
  • Familiarity with VB .NET, .NET technologies and XML a plus
  • In depth expertise with object oriented programming and 3-tier development using MTS/COM+ framework
  • Working knowledge of Crystal Reports and Microsoft SourceSafe
  • Strong database skills as they relate to application development
  • Ability to work effectively with other team members and management
  • Excellent oral and written skills

Synergy offers a relaxed, fun working environment, and an opportunity to be part of a team working with the latest technologies in a high-growth area. We are leaders in the market segment that we serve, and expect continued rapid growth over the next several years. This is an opportunity for creative, aggressive developers to have a significant impact on our business. Come grow with us!

WPF at Vermont.NET on Monday night AND the Adapter Pattern AND awesome raffles! Lucky us!

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MSDN DCC, Susan Wisowaty (who just so happens to live in Burlington – yeah, that’s right, we had her FIRST! :-)) will be presenting an Overview of Windows Presentation Foundation (aka Avalon) this coming Monday (July 17th) at the Vermont.NET User Group.

Given the great response to last month’s .NET Newbie session on the Observer Pattern (by Rob Hale), this month, Mike Soulia will do the Adapter Pattern during the .NET Newbie session.

Thanks to a recent INETA Swag mailing, and the generosity of many third party vendors we have lots of raffles for the group for a while. This month, we will be raffling off a license to Infragistics NetAdvantage, which is probaby the most widely used set of UI tools for .NET Windows and Web development. I’m always amazed at the ever growing size of the development team at Infragistics and also their ability to attract some of the bright stars in the .NET universe onto their payroll. Jason Beres has been there for many years now and was followed by Andrew Flick and then Devin Rader. All guys I had gotten to know through their heavy involvement with INETA. More recently, fellow ASPInsider, Ambrose Little, was lured to New Jersey to join the team.

In addition to that raffle item, Susan (and the MSDN team) is donating a PocketPC to raffle off at the event. Yahoo. And she’s also paying for the pizza.

There will be DVDs from the latest round of MSDN events and as always, t-shirts (gotta love ’em) to raffle off at well.

It should be a night that is fun and educational for all as well as prosperous for a lucky few!

All ASP.NET, all the time (these days)

Just Rambling

I’ve been spending a lot of time with ASP.NET 2.0 lately whereas I had been focused mostly on ADO.NET and Windows Forms for quite a while.

Currently I am working on some articles for aspnetPRO magazine as well as preparing a number of sessions (totaly different topics than the articles) for the Fall 2006 ASPConnections (and two for Visual Studio connections). On the flip side, I have a ClickOnce article waiting inthe wings for CoDe Magazine – it’s been written, just not edited yet.

This also means I have gotten temporarily distracted from the likes of Linq, WCF and more. All in good time, I suppose…

The best part is that it has stopped raining and I have been gardening and kayaking again.

INETA North America Sponsorhip Program

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(from the INETA NORAM website:)

On June 1st INETA North America launched an extensive new Sponsorship Program aimed at raising funds to expand and improve services for our members. Over the past six months the INETA NorAm Sponsorship Team, led by Sponsorship Director Pat Tormey, has designed a great program with many options for sponsorship at a variety of levels. In the four years since our founding, INETA has grown tremendously and to deliver programs and services to our members requires substantial funding and volunteer time. During the past year the INETA NorAm Board of Directors has targeted key areas for expansion and growth to better serve our members. As part of that strategic analysis it became evident we needed to establish a substantial and diverse sponsor base.

The new Sponsorship Program consists of four main levels of sponsorship (Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze) and a wide range of services from which a custom sponsorship program is designed for each sponsor. The services available to sponsors focus on INETA’s key strength of providing the opportunity to reach a targeted audience of software developers focused on Microsoft technologies. 

If you are interested in learning more about INETA sponsorship programs, please email marketing@ineta.org.