I am doing some research as a requirement for my MBA at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. My research paper is on the relationship between programmers and managers, specifically, how performance appraisals are done. I have over 20 years programming experience and this has always interested me. If you would be kind enough to answer my questions at http://home.psouth.net/thecaseys/q1.htm it would help me greatly. Thank you, Steve Casey