>They NEED to be able to hire the very best of the best, This is literally why they've chosen Ocaml. Yaron Minsky has often stated that interest in a language

>They NEED to be able to hire the very best of the best, This is literally why they've chosen Ocaml. Yaron Minsky has often stated that interest in a language like this is effectively a filter and magnet for extremely smart and curious people, he credits Ocaml with being an advantage in that regard. They don't care about transferable skills either. People at Jane Street earn hundreds of thousands per year starting out, virtually nobody ever leaves, you're set for life after a decade there. Aso Ocaml is a pretty standard ML. If you think it's unreadable alien hieroglyphs its fair to say you're not the demographic they're trying to attract, so the system is working.