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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
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Subject: Re: What to Do?
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 17:41:08 GMT
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In article <92nok7$cd6$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <3A4F5A4A.9ABA2C4F@chicagonet.net>,
>   Petra Lynn Hofman <petrahof@chicagonet.net> wrote:
> > 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.

> 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

I certainly haven't had much trouble finding Ada work. I've had an
embarassment of riches in that respect. I don't kwow about the >40 bit
though. Supposedly caring about that is against the law in the US, and I
have worked with several older engineers before (usually contractors).
But not *actually* being in that position, I can't really
authoratatively comment.

Admittedly, every job I've worked was DoD. But I don't see why that
should be a problem for anyone. Even if you have moral qualms about
building weaponry, the DoD does a *lot* more than just that. I don't
think I've worked on an actual weapon once in my 13 years of doing this.
I've done NASA work, COMSEC (encryption devices), naval engine
controllers, and various simulators. Plus I've noticed that the large
DoD contractors tend to be a lot better about hiring and promoting women
and minorities than the smaller commercial-oriented houses. (Just my
unscientific observation there, YMMV)

--
T.E.D.

http://www.telepath.com/~dennison/Ted/TED.html


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