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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,20e252588c23c648 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!209.244.4.230!newsfeed1.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How does one find an Ada job? Date: 9 Oct 2005 17:22:28 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <46d9e$43467162$4995387$22287@ALLTEL.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1128896540 22964 192.135.80.34 (9 Oct 2005 22:22:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 22:22:20 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5530 Date: 2005-10-09T17:22:28-05:00 List-Id: In article <46d9e$43467162$4995387$22287@ALLTEL.NET>, "Marc A. Criley" writes: > Phoebe wrote: >> Ada seems like such an elegant, pleasant language to use, but I get the >> impression that actually getting to use it at work is a distant dream. >> Should I just not bother actively trying, and relegate it to personal >> projects? >> (Keeping in mind that I am a new graduate, ie no experience) > > Identify a market niche. > Conceive a product that can profitably exploit that niche. > Develop it in Ada. > Voila! An Ada job! > (Then be successful and hire other like-minded individuals.) But fewer than if you had chosen another language.