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Subject: Re: Ada Programmer certification ex
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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 is even though Intermetrics does entirely
software development, hires people regularly, and does a lot of work
in Ada.  How about a certificate for Able-to-learn-Ada-in-a-Month?  How
about a certificate for Good Software Engineer?

Mike Ryer
Employed by, but not speaking officially for, Intermetrics, Inc.