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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6e9700a33963193 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Chris Morgan Subject: Re: The future of Ada Date: 1999/03/13 Message-ID: <87g179zzfe.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 454462718 Sender: cm@mihalis.ix.netcom.com References: <36E690FA.4B9C@sandia.gov> <7c7coa$nvt$4@plug.news.pipex.net> <1999Mar11.080820.1@eisner> <7c92hb$r8n@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <87g17axtv2.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com> <7cc579$clq@drn.newsguy.com> Organization: Linux Hackers Unlimited X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Mar 13 12:15:25 AM CST 1999 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-03-13T00:15:25-06:00 List-Id: steve@nopsam.com writes: > In article <87g17axtv2.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com>, Chris says... > > > > >they didn't. I would have preferred to continue to work in Ada even at > >a small salary disadvantage, but not for a 25-50% one, defence > >projects are hard enough work as it is. > > Someone also mentioned in this news group that Ada programmers > get paid less than the rest. This is another proof of the fact. > I also found the same thing, that Ada jobs pay less. > > Any one knows why Ada positions pay less than the rest? It must be becuase > goverment related jobs (where Ada is used) pay less than commerical ones, any > other reasons? How to improve this situation? Some Ada jobs pay really well, but there are some that do not. In fact even within the defence industry there is wide variance. I was talking about one specific company in Britain and I wouldn't like people to extrapolate my statements to the entire rest of the Ada industry. Thanks, Chris -- Chris Morgan