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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1e3f2eac5c026e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-16 10:28:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!clubley From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada Job Market, Was: Re: SIGada Conference Date: 16 Dec 2003 12:27:07 -0600 Organization: Encompasserve Message-ID: References: <1241654d.0312151501.262b3bd0@posting.google.com> <3FDF0457.70601@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1071599275 14308 192.135.80.34 (16 Dec 2003 18:27:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:27:55 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3486 Date: 2003-12-16T12:27:07-06:00 List-Id: In article <3FDF0457.70601@noplace.com>, Marin David Condic writes: > > I'd like to see Ada get somewhere, but there needs to be a better metric > than the business growth of some few companies. Jobs in Ada, new project > starts in Ada, classes taught in Ada, etc. > If you have a copy of Dr Dobb's Journal for October 2003, have a look at page 52. The author has done an analysis of job offers for the period July 2002 to June 2003 that specified programming language requirements. I won't post the table (because I'm not sure what the copyright issues are, and anyway it's a detailed table), but the author's table claims[1] that Ada is running around the 5% mark (+/- 1%) for much of that period. It was interesting to note however that it increased a couple of percent in May/June 2003. For comparison C++ is running at around the 50% (+/- several %) mark, and Pascal is running at around 0.2%. Simon. [1] I use "claims" because I am finding it hard to believe that 5% of all programming jobs specify Ada, however nice that would be. My viewpoint here may be tainted by the fact that I am in the UK, and closer to 0% appears to be a more accurate figure here. [Fortunately, my interest in Ada is more of a personal interest...] -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP SCO: Proudly pushing Microsoft down to #2 on the list of most disliked companies