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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: groth@chariot.net.au (Gareth) Subject: Re: where can we get a job with ada Date: 2000/02/07 Message-ID: <389e1463.2654619@news.chariot.net.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 582457901 References: <01HW.B4BFC2820005B06B08A24140@news.pacbell.net> <20000204073443.24976.00001288@ng-ci1.aol.com> <87euk0$c93$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net> <949867976.281549@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz> X-Trace: 7 Feb 2000 11:12:44 +1050, 210.9.24.95 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > >*envious sigh* And they all require US citizenship... Personally I'd love to >work with Ada when I graduate, but realistically my only hope is to find a >non-military site. Does anyone care to comment on the state of the civillian >Ada job market? I know that Ada is (rightfully, IMAO) touted as the language >of choice for ATC, avionics, industrial control etc., but are many employers >in such commercial domains actually using it? Or should I just accept my >inevitable assimilation into the C++ collective? > >Thanks... >Simon > >Simon Brady simon.brady@stonebow.otago.ac.nz Ahh.... I see you're from New Zealand. Don't you have a defense department that programs in Ada? I know that the Australian defense industries do - and there's a local air force base about twenty minutes away from my house, and the programmers there use Ada extensively. However, Australia doesn't work with the *exciting* stuff, like stealth aircraft, space shuttles and so on (just submarines that don't work).... and that's the kind of thing I'd like to do. I fully intend to move to the US and obtain citizenship there when I finish early next year. - Gareth