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I don't think you'll find anyone that really cares about the difference between a CS and a CIS degree. Academic programming and real-world programming are so far off from each other that your degree usually makes little difference, unless you are going into a really specialized field.
I would focus on building your resume with universal development skills from your current job. Admit that FoxPro is a dead end and you don't want to do any more of that, but focus on difficult problems you solved in spite of it, requirements gathering, integrating your changes into an existing code base, testing, finding problems and clearly communicating them while working to find a solution. Those are the skills that make a good developer and are more important than the language you work with.
When looking at new areas, different cities seem to have a focus on technologies based on the dominant companies in that area. Some have more .net positions, some have more java, etc. Look at that as well. If you land a .net job in a predominantly java area, you'll probably have to move again to find another job.
When interviewing for a job, I tend to memorize syntax and and specific language details because a lot of places, especially for entry level jobs focus on those kinds of questions. I'd also build something (a photo sharing app in the latest MVC framework for example) both to show you are keeping yourself current and to have examples fresh in your mind to talk about.
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hehe... Drive past Yass from time to time when I do the esCarpade...
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And yet it is Burger King that says Have it your way.
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Is that a Coldplay album?
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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It's spam.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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There is a thing you can attach to a standard bicycle to turn it into an exercise (static) bike - any idea what this is called?
(I wish to buy one but am unable to google it without knowing its name)
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A bicycle trainer. My wife has a magnetic one that is supposed to be better than the ones based on air resistance.
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A "hill". You place it under the bike and then pedal until you reach the top.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Google Fu
"convert bicycle to exercise bike"
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A girl friend, you get her to hold up the back of the bike while you exercise? 
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Yeah, that is similar to when Charlie Brown wants to kick a football... 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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 Yeah kinda!
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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I think the technical term is a turbo trainer
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You have a choice . You can by a turbo trainer . These have a range of options from simple through to riding against virtual people on your pc with corresponding prices . You can also ride rollers which are simply drums you put your bike on . Both types are more suited to bikes with smooth tyres. But a word of warning - they can get boring and are not to everyones taste
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A fat girlfriend on a buddy seat...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: "A defunct American racist organisation has absolutely no connection or affinity with the people of East Belfast," he said.
It actually is not defunct. They still hold rallies. I'm not sure what their agenda is today but as far as I know cross burning is not one of their tools anymore. I'm sure they're trying to cause trouble some other way.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I know some Americans claim Irish roots (they can't drink like the Irish though!), but why?
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I was procrastinating and wandered over to the Cordova[^] site. A cross-platform Javascript library to allow devs to create apps on Mobile devices using a single API using Javascript, CSS and HTML.
So: anyone used it? What's the general feeling on cross-platform mobile development? There was a thread on Xamarin[^] the other day that had mixed responses so I thought I'd throw this into the fray.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I didn't used Cordova (I will attend a meeting about it next week with samples and presentation), but did used Intel XDK[^] that sound me the same. You are develop in a JavaScript/HTML/CSS environment and the Intel XDK creates packages for every platform it supports...
It is very nice on the level that you can use your knowledge and need not learn new languages, but it is still force you to learn (and that's the good part  ) about mobile platforms and its features.
All in all I found Intel XDK a nice idea and if ever will develop for mobile I will use it or some other toolkit based on the same idea...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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