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What you said was (my emphasis):

> My shop uses Rust, and all our hires are aimed at Rust, and it's still not easy - there's not a ton of people who know Rust.

Which rather implies that you are trying to hire people who already know Rust. You then asked rhetorically:

> So we should hire to bring on people who want to work in PHP, and then force them to use Rust?

Suggesting that you saw this as the only alternative to hiring people who already know Rust. I was pointing out a third possibility which i thought you had omitted.

So i wouldn't agree that this was exactly what you said. But, of course, i am very happy to hear that this is what you are doing!