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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: C bug of the day
Date: 11 Jun 2003 11:59:32 -0500
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In article <PricnaN_zorZxnqjXTWcqA@gbronline.com>, Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com> writes:
> kanze@gabi-soft.fr wrote:
>> One could also argue that Ada isn't very popular or wide spread.  At
>> least, I've never been able to get a contract where I could use it.  And
>> I'd really like to try it, if only to be able to speak with authority
>> one way or the other.
> 
> And there's the problem.
> 
> Contract uses Ada and you never have?  Don't waste time
> applying because you'll never get past the HR guy whose
> ony clue about Ada is that it's not on your r�sum�.

But it is possible that some hiring manager has properly trained HR
to understand that good programmers can learn additional languages.
If that happens, you have located an employer devoutly to be coveted.