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Another idea: A jobs posting site with a focus on Clojure jobs. Training, with an emphasis on why Clojure matters and how it can help your org? I thought Cloj

Another idea: A jobs posting site with a focus on Clojure jobs. Training, with an emphasis on why Clojure matters and how it can help your org? I thought Clojure hit the tipping point this year. I'm surprised Rick Hickey is hurting for money.

runevault 17y ago
He is doing the pragprog training in Reston this year with Stuart Halloway, though who knows how many people will go to the east coast for training. I know I'm not, though I'd love to get in on one of those sessions.
- bwanab 17y ago
  A few of us actually live on the east coast.
icey 17y ago
I don't think the Clojure community is as large as you think it is. Pragmatic Studios are putting on a Clojure training course in March, but otherwise how would Rich have made any money on Clojure so far? He hasn't written any books and doesn't charge for anything - all that has been available for him so far is the "Donate" link on clojure.org, but it's never really been publicized.
- technomancy 17y ago
  He gets 10% of the sales from the Peepcode screencast on Clojure: http://peepcode.com/products/functional-programming-with-clojure http://peepcode.com/products/functional-programming-with-clo... It's not much in the big picture, but I suppose every little bit helps.
  - icey 17y ago
    I had no idea that Rich got anything from the screencast, that's great :)
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swannodette 17y ago
Tipping point in terms of visibility yes. Rich Hickey has spent 3 years of his life creating Clojure. He's watched the popularity of the language boom and commercial ventures using Clojure take off. Rich knows he could probably do just fine consulting on Clojure. However that means he doesn't get to ... work on Clojure. He's basically saying, "Hey guys, I want to keep hacking on this thing like a madman as I have for 3 years now. I don't want to do side projects. Let's make it happen". It reminds me a bit about Benedict de Spinoza and Robert Musil. In both cases friends were fascinated by their writing, and they pooled some money together so the writer could - focus on writing.

runevault 17y ago

He is doing the pragprog training in Reston this year with Stuart Halloway, though who knows how many people will go to the east coast for training. I know I'm not, though I'd love to get in on one of those sessions.

bwanab 17y ago
A few of us actually live on the east coast.

icey 17y ago

I don't think the Clojure community is as large as you think it is. Pragmatic Studios are putting on a Clojure training course in March, but otherwise how would Rich have made any money on Clojure so far? He hasn't written any books and doesn't charge for anything - all that has been available for him so far is the "Donate" link on clojure.org, but it's never really been publicized.

technomancy 17y ago
He gets 10% of the sales from the Peepcode screencast on Clojure: http://peepcode.com/products/functional-programming-with-clojure http://peepcode.com/products/functional-programming-with-clo... It's not much in the big picture, but I suppose every little bit helps.
- icey 17y ago
  I had no idea that Rich got anything from the screencast, that's great :)

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swannodette 17y ago

Tipping point in terms of visibility yes. Rich Hickey has spent 3 years of his life creating Clojure. He's watched the popularity of the language boom and commercial ventures using Clojure take off. Rich knows he could probably do just fine consulting on Clojure. However that means he doesn't get to ... work on Clojure. He's basically saying, "Hey guys, I want to keep hacking on this thing like a madman as I have for 3 years now. I don't want to do side projects. Let's make it happen". It reminds me a bit about Benedict de Spinoza and Robert Musil. In both cases friends were fascinated by their writing, and they pooled some money together so the writer could - focus on writing.