Re: Ada?

[Adrian Hoe <mailbox@*nospam*adrianhoe.com>]

Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> You're right - this isn't the forum for politics.
> 
> a) Not all Ada jobs in the USA are in defense/government related projects -
> hence its up to the company in question as to whether or not they want to
> hire a foreign national & up to INS, et alia, to decide if you can get into
> the country and legally work.
> 
> b) Not all defense/government related work that may be done in Ada is going
> to be classified, or classified at a level that precludes foreign nationals
> from holding those jobs. Hence, go back to "a" above.
> 
> c) Some defense/government related work *is* going to be done at a
> classification level that precludes foreign nationals even if they do have
> work permits from INS, permenent resident status, etc. (Try getting a job as
> an airline baggage handler without citizenship these days. :-)


After 9/11, it is harder to apply for visiting Visa and not to mention
working Visa.



> d) Not all Ada work is done in the USA - in fact there might be reasons to
> suspect that Ada is more popular outside the US than in the land of its
> birth. So don't preclude the possibility of looking for Ada work wherever
> you live.


You can find Ada work in China, Vietname, Singapore(?), Japan, Korea,
Honk Kong and India (countries from the far east). Oh yes... Malaysia. I
have colleagues that spin off joint-ventures between our company and
China companies (using Ada), and this is (e). We can see that Ada has
gained more acceptance in certain area of the industries in the far
east.



> e) In countries where Free Enterprise is not against the law, it is always
> possible to invent your own job. If you like working in Ada and have some
> notion of how you could create a business that would do that, you might be
> quite successful & have a job working with Ada at that point. You can do
> that in any place where you can identify a need & go about filling it. (BTW:
> If the object of the game is to get into the US, rather than simply to
> program in Ada, this is one method of gaining entry. That is to say,
> bringing a business into the US - or partnering in a business, etc.)
> 
> MDC
> --
> Marin David Condic

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