On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Brent Yorgey <byor...@seas.upenn.edu> wrote: > > One (slightly off-topic) question: at the top of the site it says "the > meeting place for professional Haskell programmers". Is this supposed > to be geared towards Haskell programmers who get paid (or want to get > paid) to write Haskell? If so, fine; if not, in my opinion the word > "professional" ought to be dropped.
The fact is that the site has two functions: on the one hand, it's simply a social network for anyone connected to the Haskell world. In that sense, the word "professional" is inaccurate. However, the second function is to encourage Haskell usage in industry, by showing a large number of highly qualified Haskell programmers. In this sense, the word professional is very apt. I hope the word professional isn't scaring off the hobbyists; I would definitely want them to be signing up on the site as well. But as far as the "marketing" of the site goes, I think our main goal should be impressing industry. Michael _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe