Re: Joint Strike Fighter

["P Norby" <psnorby@peoplepc.com>]

I have applied at the lmco website, but would like to talk to someone
regarding Ada work at LM in FW.  Could you advise me about whom to contact?

Thanks.

PS Norby

----- Original Message -----
From: "JF Harrison" <madscientist@colulus.net>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: Joint Strike Fighter


>   I am a software engineer at LMCO and have no interest in C++.  I
> specifically applied for a job using Ada 95, coming out of the dot bomb
> arena.  I think you are focusing on the wrong people in wondering why it
has
> gone C++.  Functional managers want things done a certain way, and they
> decide.  If programmers newly hired dont even know what Ada is (I've met
> some like that), they aren't going to even have an opinion on the matter,
> much less feedback if asked. ( "Would you like a job programming in
Ada?" -
> "Um, what's that?")  And of course many younger employees want C++ because
> that is what they learned in school (in many cases) so that's their skill
> set, or, yes, they want to get paid to learn it in the first place, for
job
> security and mobility.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marin David Condic ]" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
> To: <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Joint Strike Fighter
>
>
> > To be generous, there may be issues surrounding the availability of
tools
> > and utilities. There is a lot of stuff available for C++ that you might
> have
> > a hard time duplicating in Ada.
> >
> > But I suspect that the decision is *highly* colored by the fact that C++
> > skills look better on a resume than Ada skills.
> >
> > MDC
> > --
> > Marin David Condic
> > Senior Software Engineer
> > Pace Micro Technology Americas    www.pacemicro.com
> > Enabling the digital revolution
> > e-Mail:    marin.condic@pacemicro.com
> > Web:      http://www.mcondic.com/
> >
> >
> > "Wes Groleau" <wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> wrote in message
> > news:3BE023AB.8F235EF5@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com...
> > >
> > > Perhaps it's
> > > "I need C++ on my resume, so I'll whip up a case
> > > for it.  The decision-makers know nothing, so they'll
> > > buy it."
> >
> >
> >
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