Re: where can we get a job with ada

["David Kristola" <David95037@See-My.Sig>]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 9:27:03 -0800, Brian Rogoff wrote
(in message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002040920070.2217-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>):
> 
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Ted Dennison wrote: 
>> In article <20000204073443.24976.00001288@ng-ci1.aol.com>, 
>> ekoerber@aol.com (EKoerber) wrote: 
>>> Yeah, but then we'd have to move to the land of fruits and nuts! 
(Hi Ed, so am i a fruit or a nut?)
>> 
>> I'm a little more put off by the $300,000 2 bedroom houses and 2 hour 
>> commutes. 
> 
> $300,000? You're really out of touch. You can't buy a decent house for 
> $300K, even in Sunnyvale. Try doubling your estimate. 

I hear jokes about the $500K fixer-upper places.  :-(

> The commute isn't that bad though. 

If you can afford to live in Sunnyvale (or someplace along the new
light rail line).  The Lockheed Martin stop is open for business.
I know people who commute 2 hours so they can afford a house.

> Swinging back to Ada, I've never seen an Ada job advertised which paid a 
> competitive salary by Silicon Valley standards. I hope the unadvertised ones 
> pay well. 

I think that is one of the reasons Ada jobs are still available.  On my
project, 3 out of 4 of the Ada coders are contractors.  Make that 3 out
of 5, we have a brand new person just learning Ada.

Some projects are going to C++ because they can find people with that on
their resume.  I don't think they pay any more, but they can find more
people willing to take the job. The funny thing is, there seems to be a
lot of turn over.  With C++ and a year of experience, Netscape, Yahoo,
Sisco Systems, etc. are willing to pay a lot more.

I'm just amazed at how many good people are still around (contractor
and direct).  Money isn't everything, and i can't get excited about
working on a new database after playing with stealth attack airplanes,
battlefield command and control systems, nuclear attack submarines,
missiles, and satellites.  Even if they don't pay as well, Ada jobs
are far more exciting!

> -- Brian, looking for a house :-( 

--djk, resigned to living in an apartment :-(

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