I can kind of get this if we were talking about COBOL or MUMPS or something. But being paid to learn Erlang isn't really in the same category, or the same unive

I can kind of get this if we were talking about COBOL or MUMPS or something. But being paid to learn Erlang isn't really in the same category, or the same universe, really. Maybe the emphasis should be more on the disappeal of your role being changed to maintain an old, flakey codebase than on the language.