ryer@inmet.UUCP (02/23/89)
I agree with Mr. Luick. When headhunters send me resumes of people who are "Experienced Ada Programmers", my reaction is "so what?" (i.e. I don't forward them to Personnel). This is even though Intermetrics does entirely software development, hires people regularly, and does a lot of work in Ada. How about a certificate for Able-to-learn-Ada-in-a-Month? How about a certificate for Good Software Engineer? Mike Ryer Employed by, but not speaking officially for, Intermetrics, Inc.
gvcormack@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Gordon V. Cormack) (02/25/89)
In article <124000033@inmet>, ryer@inmet.UUCP writes: > > I agree with Mr. Luick. When headhunters send me resumes of people who > are "Experienced Ada Programmers", my reaction is "so what?" (i.e. I don't > forward them to Personnel). This sounds like a stronger reaction than "so what?". It sounds like you discriminate against people who happen to know Ada. The reason such a claim is irrelevant is that it is self-proclaimed. I would be very interested in knowing if an "ada programmer" really knew how to use generics, abstract data types, exceptions, etc. I might be tempted to hire such a person, even for projects not necessarily involving Ada. -- Gordon V. Cormack CS Dept, University of Waterloo, Canada N2L 3G1 gvcormack@waterloo.EDU gvcormack@uwaterloo.CA gvcormack@water { UUCP or BITNET }