Re:Ask HN: Who regrets choosing Elixir?
by as-j on Sunday May 24, 2020 @03:36PM
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> If you have $200k "python engineers" on the payroll who wouldn't jump at the opportunity to do some additional Erlang
Ah, sure they might be willing, but as a lead I'm not willing to invest in it.
1. I'm not sure I want someone who's got 4 weeks of experience in a language working on system critical infrastructure. Pick your time, does it take 6mo?
2. They have existing work, learning and working on an entire new language _AND_ new project is a huge task. Especially for non-trivial projects.
We could, but in our case it was a better engineering decision was to retire the old system and move on.
Ah, sure they might be willing, but as a lead I'm not willing to invest in it.
1. I'm not sure I want someone who's got 4 weeks of experience in a language working on system critical infrastructure. Pick your time, does it take 6mo?
2. They have existing work, learning and working on an entire new language _AND_ new project is a huge task. Especially for non-trivial projects.
We could, but in our case it was a better engineering decision was to retire the old system and move on.