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I love Elixir. But… Five years ago I spent time learning Elixir on the side thinking I was investing in an upcoming technology that would pay off for me financ
by aczerepinski 5y ago
I love Elixir. But…
Five years ago I spent time learning Elixir on the side thinking I was investing in an upcoming technology that would pay off for me financially. I eventually built some services in Elixir at work and really enjoyed it. They performed well but the language didn’t catch on with the rest of the team.
However, five years later the mainstream languages (Ruby, Go) are still paying more. I still get recruiter messages for Elixir jobs offering less than market value but I haven’t used the language in over a year.
- devmor 5y agoInteresting, I've had the opposite experience. I get paid a ridiculous amount for Elixir work because finding experienced Elixir devs is so difficult. Most of the job offers I get for it I avoid because I think "there's no way this company is going to last longer than a year paying that much for developers".
- andruby 5y agoI'd love to know what the going rate is for experienced Elixir developers. I'm interested because I'm toying with a side-project and can still choose the stack after the prototype, and I'm also a developer that knows both Rails and Elixir.
- shdh 5y agoCare to share get actual salary and location?
- dpeck 5y agoLooking for increased pay based on programming language used is going to lead to disappointment more often than not. The best thing that anyone can do to increase their compensation is be aligned with a business, or part of a business where they’re a profit center vs a cost center. The language itself is more about a persons preference and the things that you value as far as day to day working experience.
- devoutsalsa 5y agoI thought of this as working at a tech company on a core tech product for a technical manager in a tech role. But working as a developer for a profit center is more concise.