There seems to be a pervasive sentiment that developers can't learn erlang. There is a learning curve, and you're going to want to seed your staff with experti

There seems to be a pervasive sentiment that developers can't learn erlang. There is a learning curve, and you're going to want to seed your staff with expertise (it sounds like bet365 did this), but there's no reason that a competent developer can't learn this or any other functional language. And given the increasing usage of Erlang, it's a good skill to pick up - so if you have the opportunity to learn it as part of a job you already have, so much the better.