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Comment on Ask HN: Why Isn't Elixir More Popular?

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I regret using it. Recruiting risk. Smaller ecosystem. I should have gone for Python.

Will you consider hiring me (remote, non-US) if I pickup the basics in 15 days? I'm open to technical rounds that don't assume elixir familiarity.

Hired a python dev at an elixir gig because I was forced to by the CTO. Picked by the CTO "because we need someone that can do python". Dev was absolute trash. Never hired a shit elixir dev. Python is a huge recruiting risk.

Don’t get me wrong. Phoenix is wonderful, Elixir kicks serious ass as a language. Jose valim is one of the kindest and most prolific guys I met on the net. I’d use elixir for a solo project any time.

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