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What's the typical background of professional array lang programmers? Are they recruited from a community of enthusiasts who are already familiar with the langu
by jim-jim-jim 7y ago
What's the typical background of professional array lang programmers? Are they recruited from a community of enthusiasts who are already familiar with the language, or are they trained up from a pool of clever people already working in the industry?
I don't think I've ever seen a J/K/APL job posting, but something tells me that maybe I'm not meant to see one.
- kick 7y agoBoth; array languages are really easy to learn when you have someone teaching you, so you can train newbies in a couple of weeks. I think 'RodgerTheGreat has a few anecdotes you can find using HN search on that. But it definitely helps to know it beforehand. APL/J/K job postings are pretty common, although less common than C or Rust postings. Just keep an eye out and you'll see one eventually (and if you do your stuff in public, you'll probably get an offer from one of the usual suspects).