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=2.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!goblin3!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.fr7!fx25.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: Mike H Reply-To: Mike Hopkins Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Can an amateur find an Ada job? References: <2917e566-5793-4236-8ede-043af66f91b6@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M (<8k$$+Tdw77fdC5diUK0NqJM83E>) NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.138.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1389027356 83.104.138.185 (Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:55:56 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:55:56 UTC Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 16:50:10 +0000 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2307585573 X-Received-Bytes: 2123 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:18133 Date: 2014-01-06T16:50:10+00:00 List-Id: In message , Lucretia writes >Arf! I just looked to see where Fareham is, never heard of it before, >thought it be in the middle of nowhere, somewhere between Bristol and >Devon. Anyways, ok, Portsmouth is supposed to be nice, it's near the >coast and close to Isle of Wight! Well, It's doable I spose, but If I >were to do a move that big, I'd rather go international and do a proper >job of it tbh, plus it would get me out this hole of a country (I'm >that disillusioned by the place to give it a go tbh). > >But to go from one end of the country to the other is a big move, >especially when you know nobody there. > And a few miles along the coast is Christchurch. That is/was an Ada hot-house and where I had my last contract before retiring 15 years ago. The job was to air defence for the Norwegians and some of us needed NATO security clearance. As I recall it, every other project in the shop was Ada based. -- The moving finger keys; and, having keyed, keys 'send'; nor all one's piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all one's tears wash out one word of it. Mike