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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
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Subject: Re: Ha ha!
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In article <2662@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU> neff@Shasta.UUCP (Randall Neff) writes:
  In the April 1988 issue of DefenseScience, page 30, a large contractor is
  advertising job openings, including:
  
    "Must be acknowledged expert in Ada community with advanced degrees,
     minimum of 10 years Ada experience, and professionally published in Ada
     field"
  
  Ok, I give up.  How does one get 10 years of Ada experience, since by 
  definition, Ada only exists after Feb 17, 1983, and validated compilers
  (by definition, the only real compilers) did not exist until later.  Even
  the prelanguage was July 1980.  

Well, if you were prescient... the Phase 1 language designs were published
on 1978 February 15, so if you started programming in 'Green' immediately,
and if you can stretch a point and call that 'Ada experience', then it is
JUST possible to have 10 years' experience.

Reminds me of a friend who was rejected by an employer for not having
enough experience ... in the programming language he'd designed!