From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,38159b1b5557a2e7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-17 19:41:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "cl1" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why ada is so unpopular ? Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:28:40 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <100jvmcfijp547c@corp.supernews.com> References: <49cbf610.0401170627.79c3dfe5@posting.google.com> <4009BED6.5060607@noplace.com> <100jqrjc6tqvqd2@corp.supernews.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4518 Date: 2004-01-17T21:28:40-06:00 List-Id: "Hyman Rosen" wrote in message news:MQmOb.124$Wm4.66@nwrdny01.gnilink.net... > cl1 wrote: > > and this is why it took me almost 2 years to find a job > > You mean that you too put things on your resume that you > didn't know anything about? god no! but there are so many people who do it's been like playing the lottery to get my resume in front of companies to get an interview. I no longer have this problem as of last friday. (yippie) i start my new job as and ASP/VB developer on monday... ... i feel like such a whore. but at least i'm writing code :) someday i hope to write really good stuff with ada on a linux platform as soon as i can find someone to hire me. but i think it would help for me to have more than a few months of learning experiance with ada before i attempt that endevor.