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Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

14 points by jonwalch 5y ago

Secondary question: Have you had trouble bringing on devs that didn't want to learn a new language? i.e. "I don't want to work in Clojure, thanks anyway."

joezydeco 5y ago
The second question is puzzling. Are you offering to train new hires on Clojure?
- jonwalch 5y ago
  Yes, of course.
  - giantg2 5y ago
    I'm not sure the "of course" part is warranted. Most places offer no real training.
haskellandchill 5y ago
I tried to get Clojure jobs once, was turned away everywhere for lack of experience despite having used Lisp and variants fairly regularly since uni.
- jonwalch 5y ago
  What sorts of companies were you applying to?
  - haskellandchill 5y ago
    Any that used Clojure in NYC or remote.
clusterhacks 5y ago
Do you have more details? I would be interested in understanding this specific situation a little better - can you tell us a little more about what the job requirements are? What type of salary range? I would guess that these days that Clojure isn't "popular" in a large sense so you have developers who would rather build their careers on more recognizable programming languages (java, javascript, c#, etc).