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> actually helped them attract the kind of people who were super enthusiastic about building really good stuff with a good technology, so it actually made recru
by hota_mazi 6y ago
> actually helped them attract the kind of people who were super enthusiastic about building really good stuff with a good technology, so it actually made recruiting for them easier.
Sounds like a strong case of selection bias.
There is no shortage of people who are super enthusiastic about building really good stuff with good technology, and it's hard to believe that it's easier to hire Ocaml engineers than other languages.
- jjav 6y agoAgreed. I worked with a team who was heavily into scala and one of their beliefs was that all the smartest people want to work on scala, thus having the company use scala will filter only the smartest people to want to work for us.
- nonameiguess 6y agoI really don't want to sound elitist, but there is the issue that probably 90% of people who have ever written code for money know enough Java to get by and credibly claim they can do it on a resume. Just the ubiquity in university intro courses and enterprise use means everyone gets exposed to it. On the other hand, if you see someone took the time to learn OCaml, I think you can be reasonably well assured they legitimately love programming. Signal value jumps from "this person has ever programmed" to "maybe this person has a real passion for it."