That's not really true. We train people at Galois in Haskell, on the job. Often they have prior FP experience, but not always.
aditya.siram: > > And learning (fun) should be an important aspect of the position. > Whatever FP you're coming from, I don't think you can pick up Haskell > on the job. Haskell seems to require you to disappear into a cave for > a while, then again I haven't had the pleasure of working with > experienced Haskell programmers. > > -deech > > > > > Regards, > > Zura > > > > > > Paul Johnson-2 wrote: > >> > >> I'm starting to see job adverts mentioning Haskell as a "nice to have", > >> and even in some cases as a technology to work with. > >> > >> However right now I'm looking at it from the other side. Suppose > >> someone wants to hire a Haskell developer or three. How easy is this? > >> I'd appreciate replies from people who have actually done this. > >> > >> * How many applications did you get? > >> > >> * How many of those applicants knew what a monad is, or how to write > >> FizzBuzz in Haskell? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Paul. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list > >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >> > >> > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://old.nabble.com/How-easy-is-it-to-hire-Haskell-programmers-tp29038634p29048310.html > > Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe