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Re:Programming breakthroughs we need by mrguyorama on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:30PM (#32499284)
Access used to be pretty standard for a small business trying to improve their situation, but we in the software development world spent so much time trying to work around limitations of Access and upgrading growing businesses out of Access that we took it personally and shouted to everyone not to use Access.

However, it is still taught in IT classes as a useful tool for small businesses, and it is.

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Re:Programming breakthroughs we need by codereviewed on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:19PM (#32499838)
My very first paid web gig was connecting a small business' Access based product catalog to their website. I was 14 or 15 at the time. I was able to do it with out any real coding knowledge except for some basic HTML I learned from MySpace and some copy-paste VBScript, haha. The site was a hit and I made $1,200 and immediately spent it all on an electric guitar.
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