That's......evil On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Jonathan Cast <jonathancc...@fastmail.fm>wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 21:01 +0000, Andrew Coppin wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > So next time I hear the "you can't get the programmers" line I'm going > > > to respond with something like this: > > > > > > "If you post an advert for a Haskell developer you will get 20 > > > applicants. All of those people will be the kind of developer who > > > learns new programming languages to improve their own abilities and > > > stretch themselves, because nobody yet learns Haskell just to get a > > > job. > > > > > > "If you post an advert for a Java developer you will get 200 > > > applicants. Most of them will be the kind of developer who learned > > > Java because there are lots of Java jobs out there, and as long as > > > they know enough to hold down a job then they see no reason to learn > > > anything." > > > > If this isn't an "elevator pitch" for using Haskell then I don't know > > what the hell *is*! > > > > Seriously, this is a pretty damned persuasive argument... > > Not really. My company *advertises* for Haskell developers, and then > when they come in to interview, informs them that the code base is > actually written in Perl. Works, too --- we have several Haskellers > working here. If all you care about is the quality of the developers, > and not their productivity once you've got them, you don't actually need > to let them use Haskell after the interview is over... > > jcc > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
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