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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4bee62ecadd2e63c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: James Alan Farrell Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Getting a foot in Aerospace? Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:36:01 -0400 Message-ID: <9fdlm05qcrtrc53flnrqt90dvfm52m0icg@4ax.com> References: <10londut9eeura1@news.supernews.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.grammatech.com X-Trace: newsfeed.slurp.net 1097512629 209.4.89.67 (11 Oct 2004 11:37:09 -0500) X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.4.89.67 Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!fr.ip.ndsoftware.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeeder.wxs.nl!news-out2.kabelfoon.nl!83.128.0.10.MISMATCH!newsfeed.kabelfoon.nl!newsfeed.slurp.net!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5048 Date: 2004-10-11T12:36:01-04:00 List-Id: On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:25:51 -0400, Chris Humphries wrote: >Hello, > > How does one get a food in aerospace programming? > Is it just like other jobs, all by referral to get in > initially? From looking around, it appears that aerospace > companies/firms looking for programmers require aerospace > experience. > Curious as to if I wished to be able to work full > time in Ada, the actual companies/firms requiring Ada > programming skills are hard to get into. I really like the > Ada programming language, just wish to see myself > programming in it for a long time, if for example, I am > not working with my present employeer anymore. > >Thanks, >Chris Most people I know were first hired as college co-ops. I had a friend who was having difficulties finding a job (this was during the previous recession when Bush Sr was president, not the current recession). She applied to a prestigious ivy league school, then applied for a co-op position. Got the job, got turned down by the school, and 14 years later she still works for the hiring company. JAF