[quantumhobbit]

Stop hiring "Java developers" or "Erlang developers" or "Blub3.0 developers". Just hire developers who are smart enough to learn whatever language you are using.

Maybe you hire a "developer with experience in functional languages such as Haskell" if you are in a rush. But if you find yourself in a place where you need to hire very specific skills with no time to train, then you have already lost.

[jimbokun]

"Just hire developers who are smart enough to learn whatever language you are using."

Knowing a less-commonly-used language like Haskell could be a fairly good indicator for this quality.

[quantumhobbit]

Very true. I think this is the source of pg's python paradox from back when python was much less popular than it is today.

[jwatte]

By the way, I have some openings for Blub3.0 developers, if you're interested! Two years experience minimum required.

[douche]

It's a language you just created last Tuesday, isn't it?