Grants.gov team

Today I went to lunch with my previous project Grants.gov where I was a XML programmer. It was nice to meet my old team. Everyone's (Grants.gov) career has either advanced or drastically changed. My old boss is currently working on a project in London, England. He too is currently working with XML. Everyone on the project is still somehow working with XML. XML is great for interoperability however people place too much importance in it. It's just a markup language. I believe it will still play a significant role in Information Technology in the next ten years.

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