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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: How does one find an Ada job?
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:24:33 +0200
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Phoebe wrote:

> Ada seems like such an elegant, pleasant language to use, but I get
> the impression that actually getting to use it at work is a distant
> dream.

I get to use it at work.  The reason is probably that I am hired to do
research, not to develop software.  This means that management doesn't
interfere with my choices in how I do my work (except when they cost
money).

It looks like there are Ada jobs around.  But they appear to be in a
limited supply - like most interesting jobs.

> Should I just not bother actively trying, and relegate it to
> personal projects?

It probably depends on what you want to do.  If you want to do
full-time software development in Ada, it will probably be harder,
than if you just want a job, where your main task isn't software
development, but you are free to write the software you need in Ada.

Greetings,

Jacob
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