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"P S Norby" <psnorby@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Richard Riehle" <richard@adaworks.com> wrote in message
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> > It Ada works for you, you might want to keep it a secret.  I know
> > at least one company that refuses to let anyone know it is using
> > Ada, even though they are happy with it and it is contributing to
> > their success.
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> So how does this "stealth" company recruit Ada personnel?  And how do Ada
> people find the company?
>

Well, one way that I know of is: The company would advertise for, say,
C++ programmers (*not* stressing the language) plus require a wide
range of experience in other languages and general programming/SE
expertise. During the interview, if you make it that far, you may get asked
what other languages you actually know and, if you mention Ada (or
any other not too popular language for that matter) asked to prove it ...