Ask HN: Why is it so hard to find an Elm job

[kiraken]

I've been looking for Elm jobs for two months with no luck. Why is there such a shortage in Elm development jobs?

The Elm slack jobs board only gets one or two jobs a month and most of them are for beginners or offering ridiculously low pay.

Should I just go back to React?

[jstx1]

Isn’t the obvious explanation that companies don’t use it as much? (And it’s not remotely close either.)

[tomrod]

React is still a hot commodity/demanded skillset, so position discoverability is probably simpler.

Have you checked job boards like Indeed? Are there any large companies you are aware of with Elm as part of their stack you can make connections with?

[renoir42]

Did you try rescript + react? Still functional but... BTW might be looking for rescript+react devs on my side => rescript _at_ laplace.kr

[dave4420]

Where are you looking? (UK/EU/US/etc)

[kiraken]

Mostly everywhere since i work remotely