[Haskell-cafe] *GROUP HUG*

[Michael Litchard]

Being able to use Haskell at such an early stage of my programming
career has given me high expectations of what comes next.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM, David Leimbach <leimy2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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