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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,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: Wes Groleau Subject: Re: where can we get a job with ada Date: 2000/03/01 Message-ID: <38BD829B.BFF49C70@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 591918036 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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> <8766v93w66.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@icg.raytheon.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 951943780 151.168.144.162 (Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:49:40 CST) Organization: Raytheon Company MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:49:40 CST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > > In article <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net>, David95037@see-my.sig wrote: > > >Money isn't everything, and i can't get excited about > > >working on a new database after playing with stealth attack airplanes, > > >battlefield command and control systems, nuclear attack submarines, > > >missiles, and satellites. Even if they don't pay as well, Ada jobs > > >are far more exciting! > > > > *envious sigh* And they all require US citizenship... > > And a special attitude towards weapons of mass destructions and stuff > like that. Sometimes I wonder whether a pacifist is allowed to code > in Ada at all. ;) Ada exists in plenty of non-defense realms. Generally, pacifists and non-U.S. citizens are not barred from - medical systems - ESA contracting (European Space Agency) - air traffic control - commercial avionics - compilers, debuggers, and development environments - commercial communications - commercial transportation - process control - ? other ? - (if you are self-employed, anything at all you want to do)