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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d6589e7b2c60444 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-06 18:24:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!west.cox.net!cox.net!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.gbronline.com!news.gbronline.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 20:24:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 20:25:05 -0500 From: Wesley Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.com Organization: Ain't no organization here! User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, es-mx, pt-br, fr-ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: employment with ada References: <626e8ae.0305011636.5e899da3@posting.google.com> <4mo7bvc2n70k6eikm3muu2965nbo3m77ov@4ax.com> <7vhe888m25.fsf@vlinux.voxelvision.no> In-Reply-To: <7vhe888m25.fsf@vlinux.voxelvision.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.117.18.11 X-Trace: sv3-Ogy8R+mvg4r55Ur0GH8mOaEMvsImKZlbzlpTUsIli5os2xpSgXRlE8PNZyi07U1niM9GTHWim84kGh6!dv058sjoZLC16wSLjLFvIMM6BhL11rnz4XonlZSUhnlxjmLDMgF2uIxa+JZVdUnVsxc3uFlHb2A2!Faoh X-Complaints-To: abuse@gbronline.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@gbronline.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37019 Date: 2003-05-06T20:25:05-05:00 List-Id: > Yes, sadly there are too many employers who look mainly at prgromming > language skills. In my experience, knowledge of a speecific > programming language or specific tool is probably the least important > skill in a project of any size. But, unfortunately, it is usually the most important factor in getting the job. Someone who can claim one year experience in C# (and nothing else) is more likely to be hired for a C# job than someone who can claim a year or more in each of ten other languages.