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I’m not in London ;)

• nelsonic 4y ago
  Noted. but responding to the “UK” comment; London is often a good guide/proxy for the UK tech scene. But for reference: there are quite a few universities in the UK where students are learning & using Elixir for distributed/embedded computing projects so these people will gradually filter through into the workforce. Also there are plenty of Ruby/Rails Devs who have embraced Elixir/Phoenix. But it’s a classic network effect problem; adoption drives jobs which drives learning and further adoption. Without a big corporate sponsor like a FAANG co, Elixir/Phoenix doesn’t have the mindshare of other languages/platforms.
  • physicsguy 4y ago
    In my city, if I restrict it to the “Greater X” area that includes some outlying towns on LinkedIn, I get 7 people that mention Elixir, and 3400 with Python. If I do the same in London, I get 751 people listing Elixir and 113k listing Python. The scale is just not there to make it worthwhile in evaluating for any company to adopt other than a FAANG or really major employer IMO