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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,700e3c547aedfa54 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-20 02:53:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.online.be!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!not-for-mail From: Reinert Korsnes Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada? Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:52:21 +0100 Organization: UNINETT news service Message-ID: References: <4ezc8.1103$48.60681@e3500-atl1.usenetserver.com> <3c78167e.3219289@news.cis.dfn.de> <98104da8.0202270726.97da933@posting.google.com> <9ff447f2.0203191741.58d90d73@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sthrkou.ffi.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: snipp.uninett.no 1016621613 11020 193.156.99.159 (20 Mar 2002 10:53:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@uninett.no User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21484 Date: 2002-03-20T11:52:21+01:00 List-Id: Adrian Hoe wrote: > muaddib@digibank.it (Enrico A.) wrote in message > news:<98104da8.0202270726.97da933@posting.google.com>... >> Ciao, >> >> >but getting a >> > job programming in Ada is relatively difficult, even in the US (and >> > reportedly near impossible in most other countries). >> >> here in Italy Ada is pretty unknown, I think only 3 or 4 companies use Just curious: They make much Ada software for ESA (European Space Agency) in Italy ? Esrin ? reinert >> it. For sure Agusta use Ada in some projects and someone told me Fiat >> too. >> I've to tell you something : some time ago i went to the biggest >> bookstore here in Milan (5 floors full of books) to buy an Ada book in >> Italian, but I didn't found it, so i asked to a librarian there and he >> laught a lot and said to me "Ahahah Ada ahahah you're crazy!! Who uses >> Ada in this world? Ahahah... go and use something else, like C >> ahahah". Very disappointing. Of course there were (there are) no books >> about Ada in Italian on print. >> But, let me know, a good Ada programmer, in the US, is paid well? I >> ask that because i think i'll come to live in the USA soon (one or two >> years) with my young wife and my lil' child (he was born less than 1 >> Month ago)... >> Ciao, >> Enrico B.A. > > > Living standard is high in the US and almost 1/3 of your salary go to > your taxes. Each state has different tax rates. You should find out > regarding taxes, living expenses, rental, etc. US$4000-US$6000 a month > is merely enough for one to survive. I hope you have got more than > this figure. You should also find out more about health care (health > care is very expensive in US) and health insurance. You should have > insurance to cover the health care for you, your wive and your child. > > But Ada jobs usually pay high in US even you are not working for > Millitary or so. > > This is just my opinion and for the sake of the archive, so you should > find out from your friends or relatives (if any) living in US. > > -- Adrian Hoe > -- http://adrianhoe.com