dan_b

It's a blue collar job in the UK, coupled with the out-dated concept that individual contributors cannot earn as much as managers.

More importantly, are they hiring?

May I suggest something more anonymous like a google spreadsheet? Or a HN poll?

Zurb Foundation.

Though it is, literally, a foundation to build your own look-and-feel on.

...and that is a dealbreaker.

I started off with an Access database. Then we split the JET DB backend out from the front end and put that on a shared drive. Then we replaced the backend with SQL Server (without changing the front end.) Then eventually it all got migrated to an ASP.Net backend + single page application. It's still running 8 years later. Access is an incredibly flexible tool.

Xamarin have some very smart people on the case.

You'd be surprised. There's a lot of shops out there who have never heard of CI/CD/Automated Tests/etc.

I was suprised to see how many Java applications run on Windows + MSSQL.

They're both created by the same author, Rob Conery. Frans has taken over maintenance of Massive 1.0.

Sometimes experienced devs come with bad habits.

I've seen people DJing at parties using two browser windows with Youtube.

The Windows network stack is built on BSD code.