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Re:Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other pro... by Dude2029 on Sunday October 06, 2019 @05:55AM (#21170969)
What are the examples? There is no requirement for specific domain experience?
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Re:Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other pro... by Smaug123 on Sunday October 06, 2019 @06:47AM (#21171168)
Well, I was hired into dev at a quant finance shop (you may draw your own inferences about pay), using F#, with no experience of quant finance.
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Re:Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other pro... by Dude2029 on Sunday October 06, 2019 @06:55AM (#21171202)
Niche. Wouldn't be surprised if it's G-Research or Jane Street or one of those very few places.
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Re:Learning Haskell is no harder than learning any other pro... by Smaug123 on Sunday October 06, 2019 @08:14AM (#21171548)
Could you give an example of something that's not niche? If quant finance is niche, it's quite a big niche.
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