[rodh257]

I've written C# for most of my career, and have in the last couple of years been exploring functional programming. I started learning Scala, and getting involved in the community and I found it to be quite interesting.

Something I find different is that most C# developers like writing C#, they may dislike many other parts of the ecosystem, but they generally enjoy the language. However with Scala developers, I find that many of them seem to dislike the language.

To cast a broad stereotypical brush, it seems like there are 2 main groups of Scala developers. There's those who are really into FP, and would love to be getting paid to write Haskell all day, but unfortunately Scala is the only option they can convince their employer to adopt. So they begrudgingly choose it because it has some of what they want, but they are forever wishing it was better & making their frustrations known.

Then there's the other side, which are developers coming from Java (or other OO languages) after hearing about the benefits of FP/Scala. They're either not using Scala professionally, but want to learn, or are just starting to use it at work. They are much more enthusiastic about the language.

Unfortunately, the first group are often more vocal, and it puts off newcomers.