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A referee, in this sense, is a person who is willing to testify as to the character or capabilities of someone. 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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I'd say "reference" or "former boss / co-worker" goes in there.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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In this sense a referee is someone who provides a reference to your employer.
someone to whom your employer can refer to find out about you.
Companies sometimes request a previous boss as a reference, some specify co-workers and some also require personal referees.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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I'm working with police and army and they are demanding various info on every worker we have. But there you now your info is safe...
I would not pass info on without ensure that it will be removed after confirmation...
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I'm working with police and army ... But there you now your info is safe.
To quote that great tennis player: "You cannot be serious".
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I'm working with police and army
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: But there you now your info is safe
Really? 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I think your employer(I take it you mean your boss here) needs a serious talking to by the personnel department if they are looking to do this.
I would register my lack of ease with my boss and also have a chat with personnel if I were you, just so that you are doing things through the 'correct' channels.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I requested new version of visual studio last year in August with long list of benefits... Yes I still have to work on VS 2008...Company requested price from vendor in September which expired in November.... The approval process at the company is so long I think snail can walk half way around the Earth by the time I get new version ... Request goes from Me to manager to his senior manager to CIO for budget approval... once approved it came back all the way to manager and budget approval came back yesterday.. by this time quote has expired and now I have to wait couple of more months before I get new VS .... 
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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Seriously? For $500 for the pro version of VS 2013?
How much money did they waste on involving 3 people above you?
It's amazing how f*ed up company purchasing policies can be.
Marc
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Only $500? I just bought VS 2010 Pro less than two years ago. It would have been nice if VS 2010 had qualified for an upgrade to VS 2013. I am using the express editions just to see if there is something I absolutely can't live without. I am not looking at doing store apps so that's not a draw.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote: Only $500? I just bought VS 2010 Pro less than two years ago.
I was quoting the cost for a new version. There appear to be upgrade paths. This was page of Microsoft's discussing preliminary pricing. Even so, $500 is cheap for what is an amazing tool. And it's a business write-off, for pete's sake. How stingy can a company be, when they should be making hundreds of thousands of dollars off whatever product their developing, and I would hope a heck of a lot more. If it's for internal development, well, frankly, I'd be happy still using VS2008. The only reason I'm using VS 2012 is for the latest and greatest F#, and because I'm writing an e-book on F# and I should be using the latest tool, for the sake of the reader.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: How stingy can a company be,
I asked for ReSharper (which some of our Dev's bought themselves!)
Then the Resharper people had a 75% off sale.
They still wouldn't buy it - for no other reason than nobody would make a friggin' decision.
I even did the calculation that if it saved me a minute a day it would pay for itself!
Because we have MSDN we get the latest and greatest MS products (although we're not using them yet) but anything that costs money is just too hard.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
.\\axxx
(That's an 'M')
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_Maxxx_ wrote: They still wouldn't buy it - for no other reason than nobody would make a friggin' decision.
Ugh. Where do you work? That way I'll know never to work there!
Marc
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I guess you should go ahead and put in a request for Visual Studio 2018 now so you can get it in time.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Download the express editions and use them and then let your manager know he needs to get you the full versions for your projects to work fully.
Christian Graus
My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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If you don't use any plugins (ie ReSharper) and you do use TFS, the Express edition more or less offers everything you need!
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How about getting a new version of Visual Studio and more money? If your company don't treat you well, you have the option to find one that does respect you. Most IT positions are in too high of demand to spend time with an employer that doesn't value you! Get a new gig, a pay raise, and the tools you need to do your work!
Hogan
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How true that is, can be a matter of geography, divorced from skill levels.
Christian Graus
My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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At least you know it's likely you'll never get a pay rise. I'd be looking elsewhere...
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What do you expect from someone who's named BogusLawski? 
/ravi
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Ha!! That's too funny. I hadn't even picked up on it.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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A nephew-in-law went to Wisconsin and filled up his truck with all the materials needed to make meth, a lot of meth and then just went on a joy ride around town and got caught, only ~19 years old and got 20.
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