> > > If a company wants to be able to hire staff and get them up to speed, as > well as have options for bringing in contractors and outsourcing some work, > is Clojure a good choice? >
My friend works in a project which is being rewritten from Rails to Clojure (due to usual scaling problems with Rails). They don't have hiring problems. However, they are not looking for Clojure devs but devs who want to learn Clojure - and they don't have any problems with that. Usually, each new developer is able to code in Clojure after one month. Of course, every new team member has to read a book or two after hours and requires some mentoring from other members in a team. > > We've had trouble finding Clojure devs, and others have complained of how > hard it is to learn Clojure and read the code from open source projects, > especially for those with backgrounds in languages like C++. > Clojure is as hard to learn as any other language. People who complain about strange grammar (those bloody brackets) or a few new concepts in the language won't be a good buy for a fast-growing company. > I'm really looking for arguments that will help me persuade my boss that > the risk of starting our next project in Clojure is one worth taking. > > I had the same problem with Scala a few years ago. Persuade you boss to start with very small project. Make it awesome, show it to your team and remember - you 'll have only one chance. If you fail - they won't allow you to use Clojure again :) -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
