I work as a sole programmer for a law firm doing both ends, front and back. I've been with SQL Server since around 2000. Before that I had experience with Access to start, then Oracle and PL-SQL, and a mercifully short waltz with DB2. Since I met SQL Server and T-SQL, I've never looked back. What other DBMS has this combination of power and extreme reliability? Initially I was handed SQL Server as "the back end" but if I have any choice in the matter, I'll never work with any other database.