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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-31 23:11:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn14feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1041405069 12.234.13.56 (Wed, 01 Jan 2003 07:11:09 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 07:11:09 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 07:11:09 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32426 Date: 2003-01-01T07:11:09+00:00 List-Id: > Programmers want to have skills that can get them a job somewhere else if > Congress pulls the plug on what they're doing Are there other industries or professions with as narrow apparent skill sets? "Young doctors don't want to learn surgery in case advanced drugs make it unnecessary." "Lawyers don't want to learn criminal law in case everybody becomes saintly." "Civil engineers want to learn only about high speed rail, not roads, fearing no more roads will be built in future." Even actors worrying about type casting usually try to diversify, rather than getting lots and lots of practice in crowd scenes. :( Q 2: What will all those C++ and Java programmers do when they discover you don't innovate by getting a job that let's you use last year's innovations, and they have no competitive advantage over Indians or Russians at learning last year's innovations.