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

[Yves Parès]

Tell them that if you were instead on Rails, you'd have a huge chance of
being hit by a train, which is likely to deal far more damage than a bus.

2011/12/16 Michael Litchard <michael at schmong.org>

> 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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