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 autolearn=ham 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 02:32:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: employment with ada Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 09:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <626e8ae.0305011636.5e899da3@posting.google.com> <4mo7bvc2n70k6eikm3muu2965nbo3m77ov@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1052213548 1743 129.241.83.78 (6 May 2003 09:32:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 09:32:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37001 Date: 2003-05-06T09:32:28+00:00 List-Id: DPH wrote: > Any given Ada-speaking-only SW Engineer could and should be concerned > about: > > 1) Getting laid off in spite of the hot project - "stuff" can happen. > > 2) Wanting the freedom to decide they don't want to work at the same > place their whole career, and maybe live in some other state besides > Texas or Georgia or wherever. > > 3) Maybe wanting to not get underpaid because the employer knows you > don't have much of an option to go anywhere else because this, at 10 > years later, is the only Ada island, or maybe one of the 3 remaining > Ada islands (and the other 2 are in places where it goes down to 38 > below zero in the winter) in the country. > > 4) Maybe just plain getting tired of Ada programming but not being > able to leave with the narrow skillset. Well, this is valid for any profession and set of skills. You need to keep up with the "progress". -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/