I got hired at a company because one of the interviewers was impressed that I taught myself Haskell. I basically never use it at work, but I did in my old job.
Dave On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Michael Litchard <mich...@schmong.org>wrote: > I disagree. I'm by no means proficient in Haskell. And, I never > bothered learning PHP. I will when I need to. PHP programmers are a > dime a dozen. It's been my experience that Haskell is a tool one may > use to distinguish oneself from the hoi-poloi. This is important when > you live in an area where the baker down the street has a CS degree. > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Yves Parès <limestr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Learning Haskell will pay off much less than learning PHP, if your goal > is > >> to find a job. > > > > Amen. > > > >> I cannot agree with this for practical reasons. I'm using Haskell for > >> real world commercial applications, and I'm very productive with it. > > > > I wish so much I could say that... Out of curiosity, what are you using > > Haskell for? > > > > > > 2011/6/2 Ertugrul Soeylemez <e...@ertes.de> > >> > >> "Alberto G. Corona " <agocor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Haskell is an academic asset as well as a fun asset. > >> > >> I cannot agree with this for practical reasons. I'm using Haskell for > >> real world commercial applications, and I'm very productive with it. > >> > >> There is however a variation of this statement, with which I could > >> agree, namely: Learning Haskell will pay off much less than learning > >> PHP, if your goal is to find a job. It takes a lot longer and there are > >> a lot less companies in need of Haskell programmers. > >> > >> > >> Greets, > >> Ertugrul > >> > >> > >> -- > >> nightmare = unsafePerformIO (getWrongWife >>= sex) > >> http://ertes.de/ > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >
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