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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 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: 2000-12-31 10:11:58 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "E. Robert Tisdale" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What to Do? Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:06:22 +0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3A4F759E.A7D63F3F@netwood.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3497 Date: 2000-12-31T18:06:22+00:00 List-Id: Petra Lynn Hofman wrote: > After reading several threads discussing C++, C#, Java and Ada, > I'm in a quandary over what system to concentrate on. > I'm learning C++ at the moment but I wonder if that is the best choice. > After looking a Ada and available jobs, > it would appear that there is limited opportunities > for someone > 40 years and outside of military/defense industries. > Comments and opinions are greatly appreciated. What do you do? It's pretty hard to get a job as a professional programmer if you only know one computer programming language. Most of the subscribers to this newsgroup are amateur programmers. They are hired and paid to do something else and programming is just a low level skill that they are expected to "pick-up" in the course of their careers to help them with their work. If you really mean to sell yourself in the marketplace as a professional programmer, you will need to learn all of the above languages and more. Try to get a job writing programs for something you know about then concentrate on whatever programming language(s) your new employer is using.