>> go on any elixir forum and you will find lots of highly talented developers looking for jobs
Sure, in a downturn after a year of waves of layoffs, and maybe in San Francisco, but the non-mainstream tech will live longer than a few economic employment ups and downs.
Last 2 companies I’ve worked at have been elixir shops. Both of them had no trouble at all hiring elixir devs. At my previous company we hired close to 30 in a 6 month period in 2021. At my current bigco job we had more elixir devs pass the interview process than we have open slots (and we had a ton of slots).
I’ll also add that over many years of doing this, the elixir devs I’ve interviewed tend to be far above average, which makes up for the lower number of candidates.
If you want to hire thousands of fresh grads each year and don’t want to spend any time on training, sure go for something they teach in school.
Sure, in a downturn after a year of waves of layoffs, and maybe in San Francisco, but the non-mainstream tech will live longer than a few economic employment ups and downs.