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> Worth noting that finance industry heavyweights such as JP Morgan and Standard Chartered (largest Haskell shop in the world) are laying off more than they're
by tome 11y ago
> Worth noting that finance industry heavyweights such as JP Morgan and Standard Chartered (largest Haskell shop in the world) are laying off more than they're hiring these days[0][1], though unlikely this trend would directly affect tech hires (current batch of layoffs seem to be a trimming of management tier).
Indeed. Hiring of Haskellers continues apace at SC: https://twitter.com/donsbot/status/654630194519646208 https://twitter.com/donsbot/status/654630194519646208
> were Standard Chartered to open source their fork of GHC many Haskellers not sold on lazy-by-default would rejoice
It's not a fork of GHC. It's an entirely new compiler, called Mu.
- dons 11y agoYes, the tech is eating the rest of the business. You need less people after you've turned a lot of the business into an API. I've got four open positions at the moment.