It seems as if there's a moneyball story on tech hiring that has yet to be written.
Or hire remote, smart, Haskell developers from cheap countries.
Is there a market for remote Haskell developers?
I've found a pretty distinct lack of functional developer jobs in my region. Though I was surprised to find a local software company that has specifically recruited several Clojure developers.
That's part of the joke. Lots of devs keen to do Haskell, so market forces reduce the pay of such jobs, especially if they are not expert in nature (typical back/front end stuff). Yet you get someone who took the time to learn Haskell.
I watched some great videos from India Haskell meetups, which gives me the impression you can go to one of those and get "cheaper" developers. Not saying they'll work for odesk rates but certainly could be cheaper than a cubicaled SF worker.
As a hiring manager I always get excited when I have an applicant with 15+ years experience. I really want people with that much experience on our team. Unfortunately very few have gotten even half way through our hiring process.
I've worked for a guy who hired young, smart guys without much experience who he felt had potential and who also had some 55+ year old developers who he thought could do things. He was one of the best managers I've had.
So be smart and realise that people who don't fit into what you expect might find it a bit harder at some places to find a job and that you can get better people if you consider people who were not initially what you expected to hire.