Who Is Hiring? Search › Top 6 functional languages
How much the functional-programming world actually hires, measured in Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts: Scala, Elixir, Clojure, Haskell, Erlang and OCaml, charted by share since 2011.
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The functional-language chart answers a question developers argue about constantly: do these languages actually get you hired? The honest answer in the data is 'yes, but in specific niches'. Scala rides the big-data wave and leads the group; Elixir holds a small, loyal base around the Phoenix framework; Clojure keeps a steady functional-purist slice; Haskell, Erlang and OCaml appear in smaller, research-leaning or infrastructure roles. The relative bands show each language's moment, and the sample postings reveal the distinct worlds each hires from - data platforms for Scala, product teams for Elixir.
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