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_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-10 09:32:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: Subject: Re: Future with Ada Message-ID: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 12:31:43 EST Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 17:31:43 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16228 Date: 2001-11-10T17:31:43+00:00 List-Id: In article , Michal Nowak says... >It comes time to write my M. Sc. diploma and I am on a crossroads now. >I may use Java or Ada for it. I talked with my leading promotor and Mae West said, "If I have to choose between two evils, I choose the one I haven't tried before". :-) The fact is, the more stuff on your Resume', the easier time you will have finding your fist job. >questions. Is there a possibility for inexperienced Ada programmer to >find a job? I suspect that there is, but where or how to seek it? Is >there a possibility to find somewhere such offers (for example job >services, which allow browsing offers sorted by years of experience >required)? I don't do hiring, but my understanding is that there is a chronic shortage of Ada developers (so bad in fact, that its hurting the language). However, you may not be able to pick your location like you can with a skill that is ubiquitous (like C++ or burger-flipping). The flip side of that is that employers will be more willing to pay for reloation. But that's not such a big deal for a college student who can fit everything they own in the back of their Yugo. :-) --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.