[Haskell-cafe] *GROUP HUG*

[David Leimbach]

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 <michael at 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 <limestrael at 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 <es at ertes.de>
> >>
> >> "Alberto G. Corona " <agocorona at 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/
> >>
> >>
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