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: 103376,5faad1722103f6a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.moat.net!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics References: <90Stc.15309$be.3117@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <40b86431$0$186$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk> <40B888E0.5040707@noplace.com> <40B8C86A.3050302@noplace.com> <40B8DC0D.7020301@noplace.com> From: I R T Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9SAFYdSeCqrOzRSRYXIK3mWFJ9Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 10:35:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.239.63 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1086518115 144.132.239.63 (Sun, 06 Jun 2004 20:35:15 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 20:35:15 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1162 Date: 2004-06-06T10:35:15+00:00 List-Id: Dennis Lee Bieber writes: > In the last year, the descendent of that program put out > openings for programmers... This time they wanted Java. I tried to get > back in (I'd been laid-off from the program a few years ago, when the > section I'd been part of died of old age) -- one would think having > spent 20 years /on/ the program would be a good point. Instead, they'd > rather hire "experienced" Java programmers who need to undergo full > security clearance investigations AND be taught what the program does -- > rather than bring in someone whose clearance could probably be > reactivated with a short update, knows the program, and had some ability > with multiple languages (if a master of only one). This reality of the market place ( managers want new hires with "current* " skills ) is one reason that many excelelnt niche languages ( Ada, Smalltalk Eiffel ) are in a slow death spiral. *current: whatever new language/technology the manager heard about at lunch. At the moment it is C#... There is a large and growing market for C# programmers.