[Haskell-cafe] What happens if you get hit by a bus?

[Michael Litchard]

Yes! I could cite the large and growing set of libraries on hackage as evidence.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Colin Adams <colinpauladams at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would think there were plenty of Haskell programmers ready to jump in as
> replacements.
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> On 16 December 2011 15:37, Michael Litchard <michael at schmong.org> wrote:
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>> I'm learning what it means to be a professional Haskell programmer,
>> and contemplating taking on side jobs. The path of least resistance
>> seems to be web applications, as that is what I do at work. I've been
>> investigating what some web developers have to say about their trade.
>> One article addresses the question above. His answer was that he uses
>> RoR which has a large community and he is therefore easily
>> replaceable. My question, for freelancers in general, and web
>> developers in particular is this: How do you address this question?  I
>> imagine potential clients would need to be assuaged of their fears
>> that hiring me would lead to a lock-in situation at best, and no one
>> to maintain a code base at worst. Lock-in won't be part of my business
>> model, also sooner or later we part ways with the client. When the
>> client wonders, "What happens then?", what is a good answer?
>>
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