The value proposition wasn't in simply hiring a "Blub Programmer," it was in identifying individuals more likely to be intrinsically motivated to improve their

The value proposition wasn't in simply hiring a "Blub Programmer," it was in identifying individuals more likely to be intrinsically motivated to improve their mastery of programming. The majority of Java hackers picked it up (directly or indirectly) due to its market presence. Myself included. The majority of Haskell, Clojure, and Blub++ programmers are hacking away out of personal interest. Edit: On review, cesqui pointed out downthread that pg already covered this premise in http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html