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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54c513170bafd693 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: simon.brady@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Simon Brady) Subject: Re: where can we get a job with ada Date: 2000/02/07 Message-ID: <949895947.793967@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 582521840 Cache-Post-Path: the-rowan.albatross.co.nz!unknown@kakapo.otago.ac.nz References: <01HW.B4BFC2820005B06B08A24140@news.pacbell.net> <20000204073443.24976.00001288@ng-ci1.aol.com> <87euk0$c93$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <01HW.B4C1346100072D2408A24140@news.pacbell.net> <949867976.281549@the-rowan.albatross.co.nz> <389e1463.2654619@news.chariot.net.au> X-Complaints-To: abuse@clear.net.nz X-Trace: news.clear.net.nz 949899391 203.97.5.1 (Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:56:31 NZDT) Organization: University of Otago X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:56:31 NZDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <389e1463.2654619@news.chariot.net.au>, groth@chariot.net.au (Gareth) wrote: >Ahh.... I see you're from New Zealand. > >Don't you have a defense department that programs in Ada? Our Navy has been recruiting Ada software engineers to work on the ANZAC frigates' combat systems. My understanding is that the software is developed in Aussie, then modifed for local conditions. The work itself sounds rather cool, but there's the small matter of military service (you know, discipline and drill and physical fitness - not exactly geek-friendly!). >However, Australia doesn't work with the *exciting* stuff, like >stealth aircraft, space shuttles and so on (just submarines that don't >work).... and that's the kind of thing I'd like to do. Yes, I can relate to that feeling. But it does pay to keep things in perspective - one of the things I like about the Ada community is that it's focussed on applications where the stuff you write really matters. Even the most "unexciting" Ada app tends to make talk of "mission-critical" accounting software seem rather laughable... Simon Brady simon.brady@stonebow.otago.ac.nz