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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,447bd1cf7a88c198 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-31 09:11:17 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: What to Do? Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:58:48 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <92nok7$cd6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 X-Article-Creation-Date: Sun Dec 31 16:58:48 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x70.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3491 Date: 2000-12-31T16:58:48+00:00 List-Id: In article <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net>, Petra Lynn Hofman wrote: > After reading several threads discussing C++, C#, Java and Ada I'm in a > quandry over what system to concentrate on. I'm learning C++ at the > moment but wonder if that is the best choice. After looking a Ada and > available jobs it would appear that there is limited opportunities for > someone >40 and outside of military/defense industries. Comments and > opinions are greatly appreciated. Well actually our experience is that there is an unsatisfied demand for Ada programmers. Many companies are having trouble staffing their Ada programs. Of course to a certain extent that's just a special case of the trouble everyone is having in getting competent programmers no matter what the programming language that is involved. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/