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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-10 08:49:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:25:14 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9v2nld$n7h$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> <9tqete0gqc@drn.newsguy.com> <3C0924D6.2B5A3087@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1008001517 23793 136.170.200.133 (10 Dec 2001 16:25:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Dec 2001 16:25:17 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17683 Date: 2001-12-10T16:25:17+00:00 List-Id: This is a not-uncommon problem with Ada. Many of us wish to work with the language, but don't necessarily want to keep moving from one defense contract to another all around the country just to follow wherever Ada may still be in use. I find myself working in C at the moment because there just aren't any Ada positions (or at least extremely few!) in the part of the world I call home. I'd love to see that change, but what is the solution? Perhaps if the Ada employers were more flexible to the notion of telecommuting it would be possible to string together a bunch of available Ada programmers from around the country & provide the services needed. (Hmmmmmmmm........ ) Perhaps that helps consolidate the niche market - but it is a mode of operation unfamiliar to most companies. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Suzie Cube" wrote in message news:u0iilkqrts7015@corp.supernews.com... > > I am finding that most, if not all, the Ada jobs will require another > relocation. I had hoped that that would not be the case in the Dallas/Fort > Worth Metroplex. Lockheed Martin cites no language in their JSF postings, > and conversations here (cla) indicate it's not Ada. (It would be a > relocation, too, from east Dallas 'burb, to west FW company, but that's > o.k.) Other companies appear to have converted to other languages or sent > their Ada work elsewhere... or just aren't hiring now. >