You literally just suggested that someone who writes semantically identical code in a more readable language will look pathetic to you. I think you're confusing

You literally just suggested that someone who writes semantically identical code in a more readable language will look pathetic to you. I think you're confusing nerd-cred with engineering ability. For the record, I will employ the person who prefers to write in Elixir but can work with legacy Erlang before I will employ someone who thinks there's special magic in an obtuse syntax...