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I would argue that Rust is a great choice for startups exactly because you can find people who will either take a pay cut or work in a hectic environment, just

by sshine 4y ago

I would argue that Rust is a great choice for startups exactly because you can find people who will either take a pay cut or work in a hectic environment, just so they can use Rust. Rust has been on top of everyone's "want to learn" list for half a decade, and it feels quite mature.

deterministic 4y ago
Nope not even close to being true. I am way more interested in more advanced languages (using dependent types).
XorNot 4y ago
It's at the top of my "want to learn" list because I want to learn it but I'm definitely not taking a pay cut to do so.
lnxg33k1 4y ago
Definitely I would not take a pay cut for rust, also for any technology, it’s about solving problems and working on interesting things not really about a language. I’ve also been learning rust in my spare time, and am more and more realising that I spend time solving rust’s problems more than solving the problems of the side project I started
- sshine 4y ago
  Perhaps the pay cut statement is too hypothethical. I have only experienced the opposite: That Rust jobs pay well. Also for startups.
chungus 4y ago
I'm surprised to see multiple people mentioning pay cuts. In the Stackoverflow Annual Developer survey[1] I see Rust developers consistently being among the highest paid in the industry. [1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#top-paying-technologies-programming-scripting-and-markup-languages https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#top-paying-te... edit : adding link to all previous years https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey
- sshine 4y ago
  Yes, Rust jobs pay really well. I'm mentioning pay cuts because one of the side-effects of joining a startup is that they can be tight on money and will offer early employees shares instead. I work for a startup and am coding Rust and my salary went up by taking this job. So I'm only saying this as a general thing; I'm sure a lot of startups where Rust makes a difference (I'm sure a lot of startups would be just as well off with Python), they can probably afford a competitive wage. :-)
- nequo 4y ago
  Who knows how much they would earn had they not taken that pay cut!

by sshine 4y ago

deterministic 4y ago

Nope not even close to being true. I am way more interested in more advanced languages (using dependent types).

XorNot 4y ago

It's at the top of my "want to learn" list because I want to learn it but I'm definitely not taking a pay cut to do so.

lnxg33k1 4y ago

Definitely I would not take a pay cut for rust, also for any technology, it’s about solving problems and working on interesting things not really about a language. I’ve also been learning rust in my spare time, and am more and more realising that I spend time solving rust’s problems more than solving the problems of the side project I started

sshine 4y ago
Perhaps the pay cut statement is too hypothethical. I have only experienced the opposite: That Rust jobs pay well. Also for startups.

chungus 4y ago

I'm surprised to see multiple people mentioning pay cuts. In the Stackoverflow Annual Developer survey[1] I see Rust developers consistently being among the highest paid in the industry. [1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#top-paying-technologies-programming-scripting-and-markup-languages https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#top-paying-te... edit : adding link to all previous years https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey

sshine 4y ago
Yes, Rust jobs pay really well. I'm mentioning pay cuts because one of the side-effects of joining a startup is that they can be tight on money and will offer early employees shares instead. I work for a startup and am coding Rust and my salary went up by taking this job. So I'm only saying this as a general thing; I'm sure a lot of startups where Rust makes a difference (I'm sure a lot of startups would be just as well off with Python), they can probably afford a competitive wage. :-)
nequo 4y ago
Who knows how much they would earn had they not taken that pay cut!