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Ostensibly, this is what has propped up PHP. Of course calling those who you can convince to absorb a different syntax as "smart" is just a psychological lock-i
by jack9 11y ago
Ostensibly, this is what has propped up PHP. Of course calling those who you can convince to absorb a different syntax as "smart" is just a psychological lock-in strategy, rather than an effective sieve.
- MCRed 11y agoNot in my experience. I once helped build a team of Elixir developers. There were few people who knew elixir at the time. That simple filter ended up getting us a really great team-- much better than interviewing a bunch of applicants from with other language backgrounds-- the people who wanted to learn elixir, knew it, or were interested in it, were much better than average. In fact, that's the only effective filter I've found for interviewing.
- phamilton 11y agoOur evaluation of "smart" is independent of syntax absorption. It's less that we convince them to absorb a different syntax, more like we select for people who wouldn't get hung up on it.