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Yeah except job adverts have enormous lag behind what's actually popular. For example we used Rust quite a lot at my previous company but we didn't advertise fo
by IshKebab 1y ago
Yeah except job adverts have enormous lag behind what's actually popular. For example we used Rust quite a lot at my previous company but we didn't advertise for Rust developers at all.
Also then you're looking at which languages were popular in the past whereas the interesting stat is which languages are being used to start new projects.
- PaulRobinson 1y agoInteresting might not be the same as useful. If I'm trying to figure out which language to learn next, knowing what I can get paid for might be more useful, even if it's not that "interesting". If lots of projects are starting up in Rust, but I can't get interviews because nobody is advertising, how useful is learning Rust?
- gf000 1y agoWell, we have to define what a language's popularity mean. Because Rust is surely more 'hyped', than Java, but Java has at least an order of more developers/software written, etc. So in which meaning do you use 'popular'?
- ModernMech 1y agoIdeally we'd like to know both, as they tell us different things.
- throwaway2037 1y ago> we used Rust quite a lot at my previous company but we didn't advertise for Rust developers at all. How did you find Rust developers when you needed to hire?
- ModernMech 1y agoFind a CS program that teaches Rust and hire their graduates.
- IshKebab 1y agoExisting C++ developers learned Rust.
- a96 1y agoFind developers. Tell them they get to use Rust. You now have Rust developers.