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Thanks for the answer! About 2. It's not only HN (but I get your point which is why it could be that they are less talked about and more used). Waht worries me

Thanks for the answer! About 2. It's not only HN (but I get your point which is why it could be that they are less talked about and more used). Waht worries me is the LinkedIn job ads for clojurists.

smcn 4y ago
Learning functional programming will add value to any programming language that you use as you'll have more strings to your bow, so to speak. You may not get a job writing Clojure, but you'll be able to bring the concepts you learn to any job you do get. For what it's worth, I do see some jobs for Clojure in the UK and EU on LinkedIn, not as much as other programming languages, but enough that I think I could get one if I were looking for a Clojure job.
capableweb 4y ago
Probably LinkedIn is not the best place to find Clojure jobs. Most of the jobs I've gotten has been because of word-to-mouth. Getting into the ecosystem and contributing patches/features to libraries/projects is your best bet to be considered for positions. Second to that, there are dedicated job sites for Clojure (like https://jobs.braveclojure.com/ https://jobs.braveclojure.com/). Thirdly, the #remote-jobs / #jobs channel on the Clojurists Slack is very good to find jobs too.
- seancorfield 4y ago
  Yes, definitely this. So many jobs are found through referrals and networking, especially for non-mainstream tech. That said, I was pleasantly surprised recently by a search on LinkedIn for Clojure and found some big household names hiring (including several large banks who most people think of as being very conservative).
- joshlemer 4y ago
  I don't know, you could say the same thing about more popular languages as well. Lots of people get jobs in Java roles from their personal connections. The difference in postings between Clojure and more mainstream languages like Python and Java is multiple orders of magnitude. Clojure has about 500 job postings on LinkedIn in the united states. Compare with Python which has about 750,000, literally 1500 times as many jobs. The number of roles in all of Canada for Clojure is about 40 on LinkedIn, easily less than the number of applications a job hunter could send out in a day.

Thanks for the answer! About 2. It's not only HN (but I get your point which is why it could be that they are less talked about and more used). Waht worries me is the LinkedIn job ads for clojurists.

smcn 4y ago

Learning functional programming will add value to any programming language that you use as you'll have more strings to your bow, so to speak. You may not get a job writing Clojure, but you'll be able to bring the concepts you learn to any job you do get. For what it's worth, I do see some jobs for Clojure in the UK and EU on LinkedIn, not as much as other programming languages, but enough that I think I could get one if I were looking for a Clojure job.

capableweb 4y ago

Probably LinkedIn is not the best place to find Clojure jobs. Most of the jobs I've gotten has been because of word-to-mouth. Getting into the ecosystem and contributing patches/features to libraries/projects is your best bet to be considered for positions. Second to that, there are dedicated job sites for Clojure (like https://jobs.braveclojure.com/ https://jobs.braveclojure.com/). Thirdly, the #remote-jobs / #jobs channel on the Clojurists Slack is very good to find jobs too.

seancorfield 4y ago
Yes, definitely this. So many jobs are found through referrals and networking, especially for non-mainstream tech. That said, I was pleasantly surprised recently by a search on LinkedIn for Clojure and found some big household names hiring (including several large banks who most people think of as being very conservative).
joshlemer 4y ago
I don't know, you could say the same thing about more popular languages as well. Lots of people get jobs in Java roles from their personal connections. The difference in postings between Clojure and more mainstream languages like Python and Java is multiple orders of magnitude. Clojure has about 500 job postings on LinkedIn in the united states. Compare with Python which has about 750,000, literally 1500 times as many jobs. The number of roles in all of Canada for Clojure is about 40 on LinkedIn, easily less than the number of applications a job hunter could send out in a day.