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The next sentence ruins it though: "Nobody loves Java but it is the easiest language to recruit for if you're targeting the JVM." Recruiting for Go is not near
by ch0wn 14y ago
The next sentence ruins it though: "Nobody loves Java but it is the easiest language to recruit for if you're targeting the JVM."
Recruiting for Go is not nearly as easy as for Java.
- eru 14y agoPromising work in Scala or Clojure will probably lead to better success. At least if you employ a measure of success even slightly more sophisticated than thickness of the pile of resumes you receive.
- luriel 14y agoIf you hire a Go programmer, it probably will be somebody that deeply cares about their work, somebody who has a certain sense for aesthetic and technical simplicity, and other qualities that not common that among Java programmers.
- VMG 14y agoAlso the person will be more expensive.
- stock_toaster 14y agoI agree that Go may very well be a "python paradox"[1] language. [1]: http://paulgraham.com/pypar.html http://paulgraham.com/pypar.html