David, how easy or difficult is it for a U.S. citizen to get a work permit
for Belgium or Switzerland?  Last I heard, it was for all practical purposes
impossible in the United Kingdom.

"David Marceau" <davidmarceau@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3E3AE20D.AAA210DE@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