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If you use my blog link to contact me directly about an article I wrote on this site, I will not answer your question and may not respond at all. Use the message board at the bottom of the article, just like every article here on CodeProject has if you haven't noticed.
I dedicate my time to helping the community through articles and hundreds of replies in the programming forums a month and carrying on a dialog serves no one but yourself. Asking in the forums - if it hasn't been asked already - could benefit someone with a similar problem. That benefits the community, not 1-on-1 email.
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Well, things have certainly been interesting these last couple weeks. Talking about leaving in a hurry!
I resigned my position as Director of Technology with Proplanner and took at job as a Software Design Engineer with Microsoft - all around a better opportunity (though that title had a nice ring to it...that gives me a goal  ).
I can no longer be a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) because I'm a "Microsoftie", but I still aim to help the community with the same vigor I did before (now that I'm back online, though only on the corporate network for now so don't expect too much chatter). I will - if my manager allows - haunt CodeProject (mainly the C# forum as before) as my "community service" to the developer community so don't think I'm going away!
And just to preserve my former description, I'm logging it here:Heath Stewart is a happily married software engineer originally from Nebraska and a graduate of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. With nothing much to do in either state, Heath started programming early in life when gopher ruled and the Internet wasn't commercialized, and enjoys continuous research and development in new languages and frameworks. Fluent in many different programming languages, he has developed many large software solutions for companies in different areas, such as Internet filtering, intrusion detection systems, production management systems, Web sites for various purposes, and data analysis tools. He also enjoys photography.
Currently, Heath is the Director of Technology at Proplanner, a Web-based Production Planning System that primarily uses .NET where he designed a multi-tiered environment and supports multiple front-ends (such as a legacy Java interface on PDM) and back-ends (such as Web Services, RDBMS's, file-based IO, and PDM).
Heath is now a CodeProject protector and is happy to help the development community as a Microsoft MVP (C#). I'll be creating a new description and just wanted to preserve the old. History - it's a wonderful thing.
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Dear Mr Heath,
Congratulations and all the best for your new job.
Thanks for your contineous support to the community, I hope you will be the same (helping person) no matter where ever you go.
regards
Sachin
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I recently accepted a job as a Software Design Engineer (SDE) in the Developer Division Sustained Engineering team at Microsoft. It's been a life-long dream (for almost as long as I've been programming) to work for Microsoft and that dream is finally coming true. It's a big step for my wife and I - having to uproot from the midwest where we've both grown up - but it will be an exciting change. The greater Seattle area is beautiful, and only an hour away from Mt. Rainier (unless you get stuck in rush hour traffic like we did!). I love to hike and backpack but haven't had a chance since coming to college here in Ames, IA (go Cyclones!).
This is definitely an exciting opportunity and living in a new place will be an adventure.
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Heath,
Just wanted to say congratulations again. Megan and I can't wait to come to Seattle; you should have all the nice places to see scoped out by the time we come up to visit. If I'm lucky maybe you can even give me a tour of the campus!  Congrats man, you deserve it.
- Nick Parker
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Thanks. We'll be happy to see you two as well. It'll be fun there but I'll definitely miss my friends here in the midwest. We'll be back for our annual tailgating with some other friends from around the country that are ISU alums, too.
Microsoft's main campus in Redmond is huge! It's like its own little city (actually has a larger population than my hometown). And with all the water (bays, lakes, rivers, and the Pacific ocean) and mountains (Mt. Rainer, Mt. St. Helens, and the Cascades) there's sure a lot to see. We could even go to Seattle's zoo instead of Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo again!
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Congratulations!
It's nice to see someone chasing after their dream and succeeding!
I hear it's beautiful up there! My girlfriend and I were supposed to take a long weekend in the SeaTac area a few months ago, but she wrecked a knee before we could get out there...  Maybe next year! 
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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It definitely is beautiful up here. The Puget Sound area is so full of wonders, and you have so many mountain ranges (and several REI's to go with that!) that's it's almost overwhelming (in a great way). My wife and I were so bored with Iowa (we weren't heavy drinkers; then there's plenty to "do") and coming up here is a big change.
If you'd like (not to sound strange), give me a hollar before you come up if you needs some tips on great places to go (by then I should know some! ).
Oh, and don't worry about getting your coffee fix. There's a Starbucks on every other block (I'm not exagerating!).
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A little belated, but CONGRATULATIONS!
All the best, and every success in your new job.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell
Not getting the response you want from a question asked in an online forum: How to Ask Questions the Smart Way!
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Thanks!
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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Congrats man!
I've watched you contribute selflessly to the codeproject community for the past 2 years. I would never forget your reply to one of my impossible question in the forum (demonstrating wit and simplicity).
Once again, accept my congratulations!
...the mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to ignited
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Finally hit the 6,000 message mark with this post. It's a rewarding (mostly) and learned experience (hey, I sometimes learn things researching what others can't seem to find) experience.
Now whadda' I win? 
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Very much nice!
Somehow, you always seem to come up with something helpfull.
Gues that doesn't make all those positngs spam
\\Troels
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When you provide a complete answer to a question, and get the follow up reply "Pls solve !!", what do you do to not lose temper? I figured that at the rate you're helping people, you ought to get a lot of those replies.
:thumbs up: for your C# forum efforts by the way
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Ich bin Joachim von Hassel, und ich bin Pilot der Bundeswehr.
Welle: Erdball - F104-G Starfighter
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Let's just say I'm glad that this message board can't record what I say on the other side of the screen!
I usually try to accept the fact that many programmers these days aren't really developers and don't know how to really research the problem, so asking me to explain what I wrote isn't a big surprise. It's always nice when someone has researched their problem but just can't figure it out.
I'm only human, though, and sometimes my fustration comes through. Lately it seems there's a rash of "questions" where they post a whole bunch of code (not even formatted, which makes it incredibly difficult to read) and then they simply say "it doesn't work" with no further explanation. Or sometimes there's not even any code at all with a statement of "it doesn't work". That's what's truly aggravating. That's like going to a doctor and saying, "I don't feel well." There's not a doctor in the world that could diagnose the problem just from that, nor is there a developer in the world that could diagnose a problem with no source code, little description, and simply "it doesn't work". One can always offer suggestions, but in some cases those suggestions can be long-winded and with a good coverage of suggestions it can irritating when a little more explanation could probably help the developer figure it our right away.
And don't forget to pour a ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) for the other homies who provide wonderful help in the C# forum, like Dave and Nick!
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Heath Stewart wrote:
Now whadda' I win?
A cookie, well, isn't that the standard offering for 6,000 posts? I guess I finally need to catch up with you now. Ah, all in due time. Congrats again man, you know what I mean.
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That's about 20 messages/day. Hmm, maybe I should kick back with some Earl Grey, throw on some Pearl Jam from their "No Code" days, and relax. 
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Hmmm, you’re getting close to catching up with me. Time to write a bot that will randomly make posts on my behalf. 
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With all of the same questions on the C# forum, it wouldn't be hard to write one that actually posted something relevent. Some answers come to mind...
"Most controls in Windows Forms encapsulate Windows common controls; you can use messages to do what you want. It's already a reference type - don't use ref. Everything you need to know is in the .NET Framework SDK - just read it. Instantiating and array does not instantiate reference type elements."
That should cover most of the usual questions!
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Heath Stewart wrote:
"Most controls in Windows Forms encapsulate Windows common controls; you can use messages to do what you want. It's already a reference type - don't use ref. Everything you need to know is in the .NET Framework SDK - just read it. Instantiating and array does not instantiate reference type elements."
Perfect, then you could add this to your signature with the following disclaimer:
"If you did not get the answer you were looking please read my signature below for the answer to your question."
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470 as of this post till I squash you (assuming you never post again, of course)! I see I'm currently #37 in the message post rankings. You're #26. Not too bad for either of us, eh? Of course, I don't think we'll ever beat Nish! 
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Heath Stewart wrote:
Not too bad for either of us, eh? Of course, I don't think we'll ever beat Nish!
Nope, and nope, Nish has us beat by a long shot. It's always nice to have goals though!
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Well, here's 4001! I forgot to NOT post my 4000th in the forums, but oh well. I'll just have to agonize over it because of my often anal habits.
Wait, that doesn't sound right... 
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Well, looks like you have me beat...for now! I need to find more mystical time so I can post more often.
- Nick Parker
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