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I don't work in finance, and I can't tell you if anyone is looking for FP developers in your particular speciality. However I do know that finance in general ha

I don't work in finance, and I can't tell you if anyone is looking for FP developers in your particular speciality. However I do know that finance in general has growing demand for FP. Some pointers: Lennart Augustsson has been spreading the gospel of Haskell at Standard Chartered, and Credit Suisse prior to that. I'm not sure which area he works in, but you might find Haskell jobs there. Most of the major banks are recruiting for Scala developers. For example, Morgan Stanley were/are looking for Scala developers for their core technology team. Scala is also growing in popularity in media companies: the Guardian, Mind Candy, etc. [I'm part of a London based Scala specialist called Underscore (http://underscoreconsulting.com/ http://underscoreconsulting.com/).]

boothead 14y ago
Thanks for the comment, I think I've seen your blog before actually! I know a few FP specific recruiters in London, and my feeling is that FP is not quite widespread enough that you could jump directly from one contract to the next without being in Java/C# land at least a little bit. Almost all of the FP jobs I've seen are <an imperative language>, F#/Scala/clojure experience considered beneficial. Are you working more with greenfield projects or transitions from Java would you say?
- noelwelsh 14y ago
  Definitely having Java helps. I'm of the belief that any competent dev should be able to pick up Java in a few weeks. Not everyone shares this opinion, and more importantly HR types rely on keyword scanning and will probably throw away a CV that doesn't mention it. As for projects, it's a mix. As I'm not heavily involved in the finance side I can't really say what the mix is. On the media side I'd say it's perhaps 50/50.
  - mogrim 14y ago
    Java the language, definitely. But Java the language + Spring or Android or whatever framework your project is based on? Not sure that "a few weeks" would be enough for that.
laureny 14y ago
> Most of the major banks are recruiting for Scala developers. For example, Morgan Stanley were/are looking for Scala developers for their core technology team. Would you mind sharing links to Scala jobs? I see these claims a lot but whenever I try to search for actual jobs, I find none. I'd love to switch to Scala but after searching for more than a year, I'm very close to moving on.
- noelwelsh 14y ago
  Drop me an email (it's in my profile) with what kind of thing you're looking for and your experience and I'll see if I can get you some leads.

boothead 14y ago

Thanks for the comment, I think I've seen your blog before actually! I know a few FP specific recruiters in London, and my feeling is that FP is not quite widespread enough that you could jump directly from one contract to the next without being in Java/C# land at least a little bit. Almost all of the FP jobs I've seen are <an imperative language>, F#/Scala/clojure experience considered beneficial. Are you working more with greenfield projects or transitions from Java would you say?

noelwelsh 14y ago
Definitely having Java helps. I'm of the belief that any competent dev should be able to pick up Java in a few weeks. Not everyone shares this opinion, and more importantly HR types rely on keyword scanning and will probably throw away a CV that doesn't mention it. As for projects, it's a mix. As I'm not heavily involved in the finance side I can't really say what the mix is. On the media side I'd say it's perhaps 50/50.
- mogrim 14y ago
  Java the language, definitely. But Java the language + Spring or Android or whatever framework your project is based on? Not sure that "a few weeks" would be enough for that.

laureny 14y ago

> Most of the major banks are recruiting for Scala developers. For example, Morgan Stanley were/are looking for Scala developers for their core technology team. Would you mind sharing links to Scala jobs? I see these claims a lot but whenever I try to search for actual jobs, I find none. I'd love to switch to Scala but after searching for more than a year, I'm very close to moving on.

noelwelsh 14y ago
Drop me an email (it's in my profile) with what kind of thing you're looking for and your experience and I'll see if I can get you some leads.