Being able to use Haskell at such an early stage of my programming career has given me high expectations of what comes next.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM, David Leimbach <leim...@gmail.com> wrote: > I got hired at a company because one of the interviewers was impressed that > I taught myself Haskell. I basically never use it at work, but I did in my > old job. > Dave > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Michael Litchard <mich...@schmong.org> > wrote: >> >> I disagree. I'm by no means proficient in Haskell. And, I never >> bothered learning PHP. I will when I need to. PHP programmers are a >> dime a dozen. It's been my experience that Haskell is a tool one may >> use to distinguish oneself from the hoi-poloi. This is important when >> you live in an area where the baker down the street has a CS degree. >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Yves Parès <limestr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Learning Haskell will pay off much less than learning PHP, if your goal >> >> is >> >> to find a job. >> > >> > Amen. >> > >> >> I cannot agree with this for practical reasons. I'm using Haskell for >> >> real world commercial applications, and I'm very productive with it. >> > >> > I wish so much I could say that... Out of curiosity, what are you using >> > Haskell for? >> > >> > >> > 2011/6/2 Ertugrul Soeylemez <e...@ertes.de> >> >> >> >> "Alberto G. Corona " <agocor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Haskell is an academic asset as well as a fun asset. >> >> >> >> I cannot agree with this for practical reasons. I'm using Haskell for >> >> real world commercial applications, and I'm very productive with it. >> >> >> >> There is however a variation of this statement, with which I could >> >> agree, namely: Learning Haskell will pay off much less than learning >> >> PHP, if your goal is to find a job. It takes a lot longer and there >> >> are >> >> a lot less companies in need of Haskell programmers. >> >> >> >> >> >> Greets, >> >> Ertugrul >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> nightmare = unsafePerformIO (getWrongWife >>= sex) >> >> http://ertes.de/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
