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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.52.23.39 with SMTP id j7mr233184vdf.6.1414441002670; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:16:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.73.133 with SMTP id l5mr268834igv.13.1414441002564; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:16:42 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!s7no999464qap.0!news-out.google.com!rp1ni3521igb.0!nntp.google.com!r10no739935igi.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:16:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <220f97ab-9aa2-4961-b140-2b271c3ab99a@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=KSa2aQoAAACOxnC0usBJYX8NE3x3a1Xq NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: <220f97ab-9aa2-4961-b140-2b271c3ab99a@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: F-22 ADA Programming From: Adam Beneschan Injection-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 20:16:42 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 2318 X-Received-Body-CRC: 610934752 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:22828 Date: 2014-10-27T13:16:41-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, October 27, 2014 8:41:39 AM UTC-7, Maciej Sobczak wrote: > I have seen the "switching" argument many times (and based on merit alone= , I fully agree with it), but it misses a very important factor: that of ca= reer continuity. Switching might be easy in terms of intellectual investmen= t, but at the same time pointless from the ROI point of view, because the j= ob market values continuous experience - that is, an expert with N years of= experience is valued more than a guy who is a beginner in N technologies a= nd apparently cannot decide on his career path. >=20 Of course, if this were a saner world, working in a number of different lan= guages wouldn't be seen as "indecisiveness about a career path" any more th= an it would for a contractor who switches from DeWalt to Ryobi tools, for e= xample. But we do have to deal with the real world and the kind of manager= s David referred to. -- Adam