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From: gvcormack@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Gordon V. Cormack)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada Programmer certification ex
Message-ID: <11810@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 89 15:36:22 GMT
References: <7220@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <124000033@inmet>
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <124000033@inmet>, ryer@inmet.UUCP writes:
> 
> I agree with Mr. Luick.  When headhunters send me resumes of people who
> are "Experienced Ada Programmers", my reaction is "so what?" (i.e. I don't
> forward them to Personnel).

This sounds like a stronger reaction than "so what?".  It sounds like you 
discriminate against people who happen to know Ada.

The reason such a claim is irrelevant is that it is self-proclaimed.  I would
be very interested in knowing if an "ada programmer" really knew how to use
generics, abstract data types, exceptions, etc.  I might be tempted to hire
such a person, even for projects not necessarily involving Ada.
-- 
Gordon V. Cormack     CS Dept, University of Waterloo, Canada N2L 3G1
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