On Monday, July 4, 2011 2:30:21 PM UTC-7, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > > Also, be wary of cclaims that can be easily contradicted (e.g. "If LinkedIn > uses Scala, how come they don't have any open positions for Scala > developers?"). At least, spend the time to do the research that can be > easily verified or people will just dismiss you as a fan who shouldn't be > trusted for this kind of critical strategic decision. > > Any CTO worth their salt will probably ask you to go over your list again > and rewrite it with a more critical eye. > > -- > Cédric > > But, Cedric, LinkedIn does use Scala, they host our monthly Scala meetings, and at each meeting they stand up and say that they are on the look out for more Scala developers. Also, after conversations with you in the past I have asked straight out whether LinkedIn is using Scala, or whether it is tailing off, and each person I ask says that Scala usage within LinkedIn is constantly increasing.
Dick > > > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Mario Fusco <mario...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> inspired by a discussion we started on this mailing list a few weeks >> ago, I blogged my thoughts about why in my opinion the adoption of >> Scala is a winning decision especially under a business point of view: >> >> http://www.mate.it/en/component/content/article/84-perche-scala >> >> I hope this could reopen that discussion by bringing new ideas and >> clarifying the old ones. >> >> Cheers, >> Mario Fusco >> http://twitter.com/mariofusco >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to java...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> javaposse+...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/Ms_pUIQ38WMJ. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
