Re: Bye-bye Ada ?

[David Marceau <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca>]

Wes Groleau wrote:
> 
> Well, one Ada proponent has just been asked
> to find a new line of work.
> 
> C/C++ is unacceptable (except as a minor
> part of the job), and I don't want to relocate
> any more.  So I guess I'll become a Spanish teacher!
> 
> I'll still peek in here once in a while....
Mr. Groleau,

I have seen many of your postings in here.  I do believe that you are a
competent programmer that has seen some difficult times at work recently
as most people in the industry.

I would guess that your personal feelings have been hurt by all this and
especially because from what I understand you also lost your job.

IMHO you must be just feeling bad right now.  I think after thinking
about it for a while you'll see that you just did a brain fart and don't
mean it.  You care about Ada/building working code too much to just up
and go away from it.  Then again I may be wrong and it may really be
time for you to move on.  

That's what I said about programming a few years ago after having gone
through a burn out.  Actually I'm pretty sure coding is what I was
supposed to do with my life and from what I can see you like this stuff
too much.  

I'll bet you'll be back coding ada after some much needed rest teaching
Spanish.  Not to get too existential but "Follow your heart" :)  This
might mean relocating at a later date.

Once you do decide to relocate, I've seen some ada jobs posted around
EASTERN U.S., BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, and ENGLAND.  Just recently one
opened up in OTTAWA CANADA(Christine Hamilton <chamilton@i4c.ca>) which
means there are ADA JOBS floating around.
http://www.adapower.com/
http://www.adaic.org/      -- some job listings
http://www.acm.org/sigada/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/     -- some job listings
-- for many places where Ada is being used and where you might post your
cv:
http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/ada-project-summary.html
One other place you might target sending your cv would be to all the
participants of a convention recently mentioned in Crosstalk:
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/2003/02/

Also check out TNI Europe http://www.tni-world.com/how_to_find_us.asp
This company is a HOOD METHODOLOGY tool builder generating code for Ada
and are always looking for more senior ada programmers.
Congleton(Cheshire, England) is a beautiful place with lots of
history(ancient roman relics found here/huguenots and catholic history) 
and the employer(Mr. Tony Elliston <tony.elliston@tni-europe.com>)
treats his employees well.

Sant� bonheur,(I wish you health and happiness,)
David Marceau