I tried Haskell for 5 years

Re:I tried Haskell for 5 years by marcosdumay on Thursday May 04, 2017 @05:32PM (#14269036)

Your experience may be biased. If I had a shop that depended on external consultants for development, I'd avoid any language that I'm not certain to be mainstream. It's just too risky.

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Re:I tried Haskell for 5 years by haskellandchill on Thursday May 04, 2017 @06:05PM (#14269278)

I can name two Haskell consultancies off the top of my head :)

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Re:I tried Haskell for 5 years by marcosdumay on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:10PM (#14270393)

But what if those two are busy right now? What if geography is a problem?

Compare with how many Java consultancies do you think you can find on a quick search?

I don't think the Haskell development labor market is nearly liquid enough to rely on consultants. For full time jobs the picture is very different.

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Re:I tried Haskell for 5 years by dllthomas on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:39PM (#14270751)

> But what if those two are busy right now?

Then he'll have to look up some that he can't name off the top of his head? I can't name any Java consultancies, but I'm nonetheless confident that there are plenty...

With regard to Haskell, there are a lot of people interested in Haskell work compared to the number of positions presently available.

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