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=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM 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: 2002-03-19 18:33:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.compuserve.com!news-master.compuserve.com!not-for-mail From: DPH Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada? Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:34:19 -0500 Organization: CompuServe Interactive Services 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: mid-tgn-ngj-vty35.as.wcom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: suaar1ac.prod.compuserve.com 1016591627 13985 216.192.82.35 (20 Mar 2002 02:33:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@compuserve.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Mar 2002 02:33:47 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21477 Date: 2002-03-20T02:33:47+00:00 List-Id: On 19 Mar 2002 17:41:29 -0800, byhoe@greenlime.com (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 >> 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. Oh, well, it isn't all _that_ bad. Survival can be accomplished at $1500 a month and sometimes less - but its just survival - no comfort. You'd be known as "poor". $4000 - $6000 a month is pretty good money, depending on where you make it. I don't make $6000, and I do pretty good in Virginia, a high cost state. A lot more than just "surviving", for sure. It'd be a lot more comfortable in Indianapolis, Indiana, or Orlando, Florida tho. >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. Health care insurance is very important, all right. >But Ada jobs usually pay high in US even you are not working for >Millitary or so. Ada programmers, being relatively rare, do get paid well, usually. Dave Head >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