Well, It seems you are entirely right. I got laid off yesterday, and since beginning the job search, I've already been contacted about four jobs that involve Scala, two of which are directly in my area.
I think I'm definitely going to have a look at Haskell at this point too, seems like a great way to really double enforce the functional mindset. Alex On Dec 19, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Dick Wall wrote: > Hi Alex > > Glad to have caused strife :-) . You neglected to mention where you are > located. I know of quite a few different locations around where it is quite > possible to get a job working in Scala, for example Boston has a pretty > lively Scala scene going, and we have done training courses in St Louis, Ann > Arbor, Pennsylvania and a bunch of other places. If you are serious about > looking, my best advice is to find out if there is a Scala developer group > nearby, and show up for a meeting there. Certainly at BASE (the Bay Area > Scala Enthusiasts), hooking up Scala developers with Scala jobs is a part of > the meetings, and I imagine it will be the same elsewhere. > > Glad you like Scala. I am in the middle of learning Haskell as a way of > rounding out my functional programming skills :-). > > Dick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/J-hjwM_vCg4J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
