With the* team, that is. (Couldn't let that stay uncorrected heh. I hear ya, Colin, re: sleep.)
On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:35:07 AM UTC-8, David Jacobs wrote: > > Thanks for all of the feedback and suggestions, everyone. To clear one > thing up, I'm working at an early-stage SF startup, so the alternatives are > along the lines of Ruby/Python/Node, not Java. That said, I think these > arguments are great -- I'll definitely share them with team. > > Cheers, > David > > On Monday, January 7, 2013 3:02:37 PM UTC-8, David Jacobs wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> As someone who's written Clojure for a couple of years now, I would love >> to convince my new company to build our platform using Clojure from the >> start. Clojure is certainly a possibility for our small team, but a few >> questions will have to be answered before I can convince everyone that >> Clojure is worth using: >> >> 1. Would it be harder to hire if we built our apps with Clojure? More >> specifically: Hiring for people who know about or already love Clojure/FP >> is certainly a nice filter for talent, but is it too stringent of a filter? >> What percentage of the Clojure community wants to code Clojure >> professionally but isn't right now? Do we have metrics on that? >> >> 2. What are good examples of complex domains that have been tackled with >> Clojure web apps and API layers? >> >> 3. What major road blocks have teams discovered at the edges of Clojure >> (keeping in mind that perhaps several of these problems could be solved >> using native Java calls)? >> >> What other tips do you have for convincing an employer that Clojure makes >> good business sense? (Of course I've already told them about >> domain-tailored abstractions, containing complexity, the ease of data >> manipulation with a functional language, etc.) >> >> Best, >> David >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
