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=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.237.4 with SMTP id uy4mr20764860pac.1.1414424498651; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:41:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.51.102 with SMTP id t93mr48388qga.8.1414424498597; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!r10no619488igi.0!news-out.google.com!u5ni10qab.1!nntp.google.com!s7no933057qap.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:41:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=80.254.158.52; posting-account=bMuEOQoAAACUUr_ghL3RBIi5neBZ5w_S NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.254.158.52 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <220f97ab-9aa2-4961-b140-2b271c3ab99a@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: F-22 ADA Programming From: Maciej Sobczak Injection-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:41:38 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22818 Date: 2014-10-27T08:41:38-07:00 List-Id: > Anyway, I think Bob is right that it shouldn't make a difference--a compe= tent programmer should be able to switch to a new language (or OS or platfo= rm or toolset) fairly easily. Except that very few will want to. The problem is - once you are competent you are recognized as a senior or e= xpert and this recognition has a value - both in terms of peer relations an= d on the job market. Why would such a person "switch" to some other languag= e? To become a novice again? To write in his CV that instead of having (let= 's say) 8 years of Java experience, he has only 1 year in Ada? And what is = the value of such CV if nobody is looking for Ada programmers anyway? Isn't= it better to have N+1 years of Java experience instead? I have seen the "switching" argument many times (and based on merit alone, = I fully agree with it), but it misses a very important factor: that of care= er continuity. Switching might be easy in terms of intellectual investment,= but at the same time pointless from the ROI point of view, because the job= market values continuous experience - that is, an expert with N years of e= xperience is valued more than a guy who is a beginner in N technologies and= apparently cannot decide on his career path. There is a reason why Scala gets popular - it allows a relatively continuou= s migration from Java, and many Java programmers see this as a *safe* caree= r opportunity. Unfortunately this is what Ada does not offer. --=20 Maciej Sobczak * http://www.msobczak.com * http://www.inspirel.com