Re: A New Low for NASA? (was HELP!!!!!!)

["Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" <condicma@PWFL.COM>]

kgamble <kgamble@RICOCHET.NET> writes:
>
>Seen many cases of consultant's code that had to be discarded or
>drastically revamped because it just couldn't meet the optimization
>requirements that are usually impossed for tight embedded systems. This is
>especially true in the 1750 processor world.
>
    Well, I wouldn't have so much problem with someone who wasn't
    coding "to standards", because I might take that more as an
    indication that I wasn't doing *my* job right. I'd think that any
    consultant/job-shopper/hired-gun that comes in the door would need
    to be treated like any other new employee: It's my job to get them
    up to speed and understanding about what we're trying to do and
    how we're going about it, etc. If they remain stubborn or try to
    do things in some revolutionary kind of way in spite of being
    filled in on what we're really looking for, then maybe they are
    destined for some "attitude readjustment".

    My *real* complaint is when we end up hiring consultants who don't
    seem to understand even the fundamentals of programming, much less
    Ada programming. It all seems to stem back to "you get what you
    pay for" and this is why I'm not too suprised that a company would
    be out trying to hire Ada programmers where a "formal education"
    is "optional".

    MDC

Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer     ATT:        561.796.8997
Pratt & Whitney GESP, M/S 731-96, P.O.B. 109600  Fax:        561.796.4669
West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600                  Internet:   CONDICMA@PWFL.COM
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