many of the concerns the op had where with marketing of the f# ecosystem. For example the tooling issues he mention are solved with a Visual Studio Extension

many of the concerns the op had where with marketing of the f# ecosystem. For example the tooling issues he mention are solved with a Visual Studio Extension http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/136b942e-9f2c-4c0b-8bac-86d774189cff http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/136b942e-9f2c-... His concern with Roslyn seems like a non issues, a f# compiler is also opened sourced and was written in f# on day one. And there are many tools already taking advantage of it being open. So in this regard f# is farther ahead in c# in rubric. As far a c# being ahead of f#, its funny, as most of the new features the are being added to c# seem to come from f#. The op approach to hiring dev seems backward to me, you hire smart people and train then on your tools. There are so many good recourses for learning f#, having candidates without f# on their resume does not seem like a issues. over it is great the he was able to bring f# into his environment. as more people adopt f# for there needs knowledge will spread and his concerns will fade.