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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by mbesto on Sunday March 06, 2022 @11:53AM (#30578857)
This is generally true.

> From a business perspective, any language is arbitrary.

Counterpoint: And then when the company starts growing quickly and has to hire 10 Haskell devs in 12 months, they realize its pretty much impossible to do without shelling out $200k/person.

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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by caffeine on Sunday March 06, 2022 @12:24PM (#30579132)
When they do that they don’t hire devs already experienced in Haskell, they just hire smart experienced devs who are competent at building systems and can learn to build them in Haskell.
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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by mirekrusin on Sunday March 06, 2022 @11:56AM (#30578882)
...which is likely saving money long run anyway - good developers usually pay for themselves, if not, they're in the wrong place.
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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by hnfong on Sunday March 06, 2022 @12:04PM (#30578952)
In this case it doesn't mean the 200k dev is necessarily good. It just means the supply has dried up driving up the prices.
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Re:Ask HN: Why would anyone choose Haskell to develop applic... by mirekrusin on Sunday March 06, 2022 @12:58PM (#30579449)
It's hard to believe that 10 devs in 1 year would dry up all haskell market.
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