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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,447bd1cf7a88c198 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-01 13:28:53 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!europa.netcrusader.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!news-out.nntp.airnews.net.MISMATCH!cabal10.airnews.net!news.airnews.net!cabal14.airnews.net!news.airnews.net!cabal1.airnews.net!news-f.iadfw.net!usenet From: Robert Love Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What to Do? Date: 01 Jan 2001 15:31:50 -0600 Organization: PDQ.net (using Airnews.net!) Sender: rlove@smtp.neosoft.com Message-ID: <123A8FF46BE6CC36.197B56CB7AAD0A42.A4DE35D21DECE712@lp.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: References: <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net> <90012C522EE3BA22.FE5B654CD19DCE06.7739C9AC9E5C8D06@lp.airnews.net> Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at pdq.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1-aux.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Mon Jan 1 15:22:31 2001 NNTP-Posting-Host: !cf/(1k-X+r][FX (Encoded at Airnews!) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Bryce Canyon) Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3526 Date: 2001-01-01T15:31:50-06:00 List-Id: >>>>> "RL" == Robert Love writes: RL> Here on New Year's Eve I went to Monster.com and did a search RL> on Ada. I came with with 735 hits. Now you have to weed out RL> the ones where "ADA" is the Americans with Disabilities Act RL> and where American Dieticians Association registered personnel RL> are being sought. Lets say that rules out 25%. Now you have RL> many ads where the job description text says "C/C++/Ada" where RL> it is really not an Ada job (why are HR types so frustrating RL> to deal with?). Lets say we're down to 350 jobs. Of these, RL> many have multiple openings. So I'd say there are good job RL> opportunities. Following up on my earlier posting I read the text of many of the 735 ads posted on monster. I'm revising the number of valid entries downward to about 200. There are new, clumsy uses of the phrase "ada". It used to be that you would see this as a keyword in ads for HR people, meaning they would have to have an understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Now I see it in software ads but having nothing to do with our favorite language. Now its being used to mean "being able to sit and work at a computer terminal". Now I would think that this is a given for anyone wishing to become a programmer. Damn lawyers. Also, way too many of the ads were about translating Ada to C++. -- ============================================================= | Support Signature Minimalism | =============================================================