Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#1

Post by jonwalch » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 7:04 PM UTC

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."

Re: Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#2

Post by joezydeco » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 11:00 PM UTC

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

Re: Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#3

Post by haskellandchill » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 11:04 PM UTC

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.

Re: Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#4

Post by jonwalch » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 11:15 PM UTC

joezydeco wrote: post #2

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

Yes, of course.

Re: Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#5

Post by jonwalch » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 11:16 PM UTC

haskellandchill wrote: post #3

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.

What sorts of companies were you applying to?

Re: Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#6

Post by giantg2 » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 11:30 PM UTC

jonwalch wrote: post #4

joezydeco wrote: post #2

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

Yes, of course.

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

Re: Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#7

Post by haskellandchill » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 2:39 PM UTC

jonwalch wrote: post #5

haskellandchill wrote: post #3

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.

What sorts of companies were you applying to?

Any that used Clojure in NYC or remote.

Re: Ask HN: Have you had trouble recruiting Clojure developers?

#8

Post by clusterhacks » Fri, Jun 04, 2021, 4:00 PM UTC

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).