So what was it that Billy Crystal said to Daniel Stern in "City Slickers" after Stern's character, Phil, had his mid-life crisis? It was something like, "Phil, remember when we used to play ball in the vacant lot and the ball would go in the corner where we couldn't reach it? We'd yell, 'Do over!' Well, Philly, you get to start over...you got a do over!"

 

I'll spare the details, but I am happily at a place of "do over" with regard to finding myself once again developing software. But since things have changed a lot since the 80s, I've got some serious re-tooling to do. When approaching the .NET vs LAMP stack decision crossroad, a CIO that I respect and trust finally tipped me over to the .NET side. He said, "Go for it, fully engage, and get their full tool suite." Now, having gotten my MSDN subscription, and while waiting for my shipment of DVDs, etc. from Microsoft, I've been scouring MSDN and elsewhere for the initial startpoint for the journey on.

 

I look forward to meeting (virtually or otherwise) and exchanging ideas with the community at large.

 

KP