Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

14 points by jonwalch 5y ago ↗ HN

Secondary question: Have you had trouble bringing on devs that didn't want to learn a new language?

i.e. "I don't want to work in Clojure, thanks anyway."

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joezydeco 5y ago ↗

The second question is puzzling. Are you offering to train new hires on Clojure?

jonwalch 5y ago ↗

Yes, of course.

giantg2 5y ago ↗

I'm not sure the "of course" part is warranted. Most places offer no real training.

haskellandchill 5y ago ↗

I tried to get Clojure jobs once, was turned away everywhere for lack of experience despite having used Lisp and variants fairly regularly since uni.

jonwalch 5y ago ↗

What sorts of companies were you applying to?

haskellandchill 5y ago ↗

Any that used Clojure in NYC or remote.

clusterhacks 5y ago ↗

Do you have more details? I would be interested in understanding this specific situation a little better - can you tell us a little more about what the job requirements are? What type of salary range?

I would guess that these days that Clojure isn't "popular" in a large sense so you have developers who would rather build their careers on more recognizable programming languages (java, javascript, c#, etc).