I suppose part of the concern is finding people who actually want to use your tech stack too, though.
I interviewed a company a while back that was using elixir which I thought was cool, but I ended up not taking the job. Part of what worried me was realizing just how much they struggled to find interested candidates, and it seemed like they were willing to compromise to hire as a result. Perhaps I was a compromise, haha.
The CTO and other devs on the team painted a bleak picture of building the team, and elixir seemed to be the main obstacle.
The other issue they faced, though I doubt it was as much of an obstacle, was that they were working on pet insurance. That was a major deterrent for me. The compensation and working conditions were excellent though, so I suspect many people wouldn’t care and would gladly take the compensation and flexible work life – were it not for elixir.
I found it surprising but I’ve seen people work on worse things for less money using more popular languages. Perhaps more people are afraid to learn something new than it seems.
I interviewed a company a while back that was using elixir which I thought was cool, but I ended up not taking the job. Part of what worried me was realizing just how much they struggled to find interested candidates, and it seemed like they were willing to compromise to hire as a result. Perhaps I was a compromise, haha.
The CTO and other devs on the team painted a bleak picture of building the team, and elixir seemed to be the main obstacle.
The other issue they faced, though I doubt it was as much of an obstacle, was that they were working on pet insurance. That was a major deterrent for me. The compensation and working conditions were excellent though, so I suspect many people wouldn’t care and would gladly take the compensation and flexible work life – were it not for elixir.
I found it surprising but I’ve seen people work on worse things for less money using more popular languages. Perhaps more people are afraid to learn something new than it seems.