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Even if you don't like JavaScript, it's really surprising to me that a CTO picks something like Elm that nobody uses and only a few know or are interested in [1

Even if you don't like JavaScript, it's really surprising to me that a CTO picks something like Elm that nobody uses and only a few know or are interested in [1]. I'm curious to know how the author will recruit developers, specially in France. My last company migrated all its backend in Node this year, ONLY because it was the easiest option to recruit full-stack developers. The market is completely saturated here (there are a lot more offers than developpers), you spend months to recruit a front-end developer or a full-stack developer with front-end knowledge, and I don't see how you can attract someone with Elm. Having 1 or 2 years of xp in Elm on a resume is not really usefull when all the companies use JavaScript. You don't even know if Elm will still be there in 2 years. [1] http://stateofjs.com/2016/flavors http://stateofjs.com/2016/flavors

biot 10y ago
It's no different than listing a Java job vs listing a Scala job. There are many great developers who would jump at the chance to be hired to write Scala (Elm), so you might just end up with better developers who self-select to work on the shiny, new technology.
bjz_ 10y ago
As he said, it was going to be used live and he wanted to be sure that it wouldn't blow up on set, whilst still allowing for rabid development in a small time window. Seems like a perfect use case.
di4na 10y ago
Recruti someone that do not know it and teach. It takes at most a week. And probably productive in a day.
polotics 10y ago
Are your statement not a tad bit prejudiced? How is Elm a Javascript flavor? it's not surprising that it gets a bad rap from a stateofjs flavors survey. Elm is very much a competing language and ecosystem, it happens to be much better. I am certain I will still be interested in elm two years from now, the productivity gain is there to stay.

biot 10y ago

It's no different than listing a Java job vs listing a Scala job. There are many great developers who would jump at the chance to be hired to write Scala (Elm), so you might just end up with better developers who self-select to work on the shiny, new technology.

bjz_ 10y ago

As he said, it was going to be used live and he wanted to be sure that it wouldn't blow up on set, whilst still allowing for rabid development in a small time window. Seems like a perfect use case.

di4na 10y ago

Recruti someone that do not know it and teach. It takes at most a week. And probably productive in a day.

polotics 10y ago

Are your statement not a tad bit prejudiced? How is Elm a Javascript flavor? it's not surprising that it gets a bad rap from a stateofjs flavors survey. Elm is very much a competing language and ecosystem, it happens to be much better. I am certain I will still be interested in elm two years from now, the productivity gain is there to stay.