I helped build a new team of elixir programmers up to about 8 people in 6 months all in a third tier tech city. Most of that hiring was done before Elixir hit

I helped build a new team of elixir programmers up to about 8 people in 6 months all in a third tier tech city. Most of that hiring was done before Elixir hit 1.0. I don't buy the bus factor argument. In fact, it's quite the contrary. If you want good programmers, "limiting" yourself to something like erlang or elixir (vs a "popular" language like go) works in your favor. The best engineers know why to choose erlang or elixir over go and will come to you. It works as a filter and makes hiring easier. Seeking the most popular language is the method of PHBs who want to see programmers as a commodity and want to get the cheapest labor pool from which to work with. You increase your value by going tup the spectrum into more esoteric and better languages.