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=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,844d6e9b6a6be881 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" Subject: Re: A New Low for NASA? (was HELP!!!!!!) Date: 1997/06/16 Message-ID: <97061611013212@psavax.pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 248841102 Sender: Ada programming language Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU X-Vms-To: SMTP%"INFO-ADA@VM1.NODAK.EDU" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Vms-Cc: CONDIC Date: 1997-06-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: kgamble 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 =============================================================================== "You spend a billion here and a billion there. Sooner or later it adds up to real money." -- Everett Dirksen ===============================================================================