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: 2003-05-04 22:38:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!lnsnews.lns.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!ngpeer.news.aol.com!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!newsfeed.kolumbus.fi!fi.sn.net!newsfeed1.fi.sn.net!nntp.inet.fi!central.inet.fi!inet.fi!read3.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Anders Wirzenius" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <626e8ae.0305011636.5e899da3@posting.google.com> <7VJsa.29$np2.7@read3.inet.fi> <6tKsa.53683$mZ4.625536@news.xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: employment with ada MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 05:38:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.251.142.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi X-Trace: read3.inet.fi 1052113113 194.251.142.2 (Mon, 05 May 2003 08:38:33 EEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 08:38:33 EEST Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36955 Date: 2003-05-05T05:38:33+00:00 List-Id: "AG" wrote in message news:6tKsa.53683$mZ4.625536@news.xtra.co.nz... > "Anders Wirzenius" wrote in message > news:7VJsa.29$np2.7@read3.inet.fi... > > > > I am in pretty much the same situation. The core business of the company > is not software development - >hence, there is no formal programming policy. > > Unfortunately, that also means that the programming/software developement > isn't too important for the company. Which means that whatever happens > there won't have a huge impact on the industry as a whole. > > Yes, it's certainly a good idea to try it anyway - any little bit helps. > But, as soon as you run into some production requirements > for a mostly software-oriented environment (like source-control > for instance?) it's becoming quite a bit more difficult to do that. > > I was not defending the company, merely stating the (sad) facts. With my 10 year background in software and non-software quality systems I second your opinion and emphasize myself a proper "back stage working" in every work environment. Anders