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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by daveungerer on Friday June 18, 2010 @04:49AM (#1441691)
Not sure why you were voted down, but I tried to get you back up. This guy says: "I need money, only way of getting it is doing Java, C# or PHP".

So he's basically whining instead of doing something about it. Why hasn't he started a profitable Haskell project? Or why doesn't he learn Ruby or Python, which are at least far better than Java? "Spoiled child" is exactly correct. If you really want to use a niche language, you can hope, but not expect that the world will give you a job programming it. Create your own, profitable opportunity. Otherwise, get used to being a starving artist.

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Re:How does one get off Haskell? by jamesbritt on Friday June 18, 2010 @01:34PM (#1443000)
"So he's basically whining instead of doing something about it."

Why is asking for ideas "whining"? Is complaining about such a post also whining?

If talking about it on mailing lists is all that happens, then that's a problem. But asking for some ideas to see what options are out there? He'd be foolish not to.

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