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Re:Ask HN: Why Isn't Elixir More Popular? by sbaiabBzic on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @08:26PM (#41794306)
> Hiring for elixir was great, it self selected people who wrote code as their craft

I worked at a company that hired like this. On the whole it was good, but it wasn’t a panacea. A surprising number ended up being academic types that were extremely smart but could never actually finish anything. Amazing guys to talk to at lunch though!

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Re:Ask HN: Why Isn't Elixir More Popular? by hyperbrainer on Thursday October 10, 2024 @01:46AM (#41795917)
The stereotype of Haskell programmers seems to extend to the entirety of FP, then.
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Re:Ask HN: Why Isn't Elixir More Popular? by ipnon on Thursday October 10, 2024 @05:08AM (#41797023)
When you want to write a monad the first step is usually to take a coffee break to make sure everyone agrees on what a monad is.
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Re:Ask HN: Why Isn't Elixir More Popular? by benzible on Saturday October 12, 2024 @01:58PM (#41821029)
> A surprising number ended up being academic types that were extremely smart but could never actually finish anything.

As a startup CTO currently building with Elixir, I can say that it's absolutely possible to hire people who know how to deliver. I completely agree with the parent comment re: self-selecting people who write code as craft. I've put together an excellent team of developers who deeply care about what they do and are focused on shipping.

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