> I taught him elixir from scratch, and today he finished writing a web server that serves GET and POST requests This is an anecdotal sample size of 1. If some

> I taught him elixir from scratch, and today he finished writing a web server that serves GET and POST requests This is an anecdotal sample size of 1. If something is "gospel" there is usually a real truth behind it that one should try to understand. > I feel like pretty much all modern languages except maybe rust are reasonably easy to pick up Simply not true for most of the industry. Perhaps in some corners of the silicon valley monoculture machine, but most of software engineering is comprised of a diverse range of people with diverse backgrounds and skill sets for which mastering a new programming language is time consuming.