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Well, here we are at the Course wrap up and I first of all want to thank you sincerely for purchasing this Course, and for going through it. I hope you've learned a lot here that can help you in your career. And I just want to say here, and I've put it on the screen: Development is challenging. And it's getting more and more challenging. As we continue to get disconnected environments, and disconnected databases, and service oriented architectures and so forth, development is getting more challenging, more confusing, but if you're one of those folks who really love the technical challenge of it all, it's an incredible career, so don't ever get discouraged, don't ever compare yourself to other developers. We're all different, we're all unique. Start off very quick, start off very basic, just try to learn and understand a little bit at a time. You're not going to get all this at once. I'll tell you, when I first got into computers I was in, just like we all were, kind of in the little box hardware type thing, and when I first started trying to do development I thought I could learn it the same way I learned networking and hardware and all that, you know, I was like, where's the book. I'll just read the book and I'll know how to do it. And there is no book on development. There are a few million books scattered around the bookstores of the world and that is how you learn development, by reading those, and actually by reading bits and pieces of those. So, start with the basics. You have a lot to learn. Don't try to learn it all at once, and just read. There's a lot of great blogs and stuff out there on the Internet now, just read those things, find something that's on the level that you're at. Don't be intimidated by that, and just read and learn. Get as much hands-on as you can, and along that vein go to www microsoft.com. You can download virtual hard disks, you can download 90 day trials, you can install this stuff, and just play with it. If you have a local users group in your area for development, whether it's VB, or C#, or just Microsoft Development, or if it's just development in general, not even Microsoft, join that stuff. You'll learn a lot from hanging around those folks and listening to them. But as you've seen throughout this Course Ð I don't know how many of these videos I've mentioned or said at the end, OK, so this is the basics, so now you're going to have to go read and learn and play and so forth, and what I was attempting to do in this Course is introduce you to the basics. Get you going. Get you to understand how Visual Studio 2008 is thinking, how you can use the various tools and parts in there. Keep in mind, no developer will ever use all the tools. Think of these things as a development toolbox and when you find a new tool, throw in your toolbox, pull it out when you need it on a certain task, okay? But again, make sure that you're talking with other developers. I don't know how many times I've run into problems, or seen people with problems, and they've wrestled and wrestled and wrestled with it, they show it to another developer and he says, "Oh, we downloaded this little thing for 19 bucks, and it fixed it, you know, made it very easy to handle that." So, anyway, talk to those other folks. There are a lot of things out there. So, also out there on Microsoft.com you can learn about Certifications, you can test, you can prove your abilities here and there are a lot of job opportunities out there for Microsoft developers. So, this stuff is well worth your time to learn and get your head around, but I'd just like to close this, again, by saying thanks for purchasing this Course and going through it. I hope you've picked up some things that will help you, help you increase your earning potential and your career, help you increase the challenge and the satisfaction that you get from your career, and so, anyway, thanks for being here and I hope you've gotten a lot out of it.