1. People who learn Haskell put in a lot of effort for their own learning benefit - they're not usually learning Haskell to get a job.
2. Once you learn Haskell you really kind of want a Haskell job to put all this nice stuff into practice.
3. There aren't many Haskell jobs about (in part due to a perception that it's hard to hire Haskell developers).
As a company in the lucky position of hiring for a Haskell role you have a pool of people who have self selected to be above average in determination and smarts, but limited options in employment in their new tech of choice.
source Built a Haskell team at a startup, now work on a Haskell team in finance. Hiring has NEVER been a problem.
1. People who learn Haskell put in a lot of effort for their own learning benefit - they're not usually learning Haskell to get a job.
2. Once you learn Haskell you really kind of want a Haskell job to put all this nice stuff into practice.
3. There aren't many Haskell jobs about (in part due to a perception that it's hard to hire Haskell developers).
As a company in the lucky position of hiring for a Haskell role you have a pool of people who have self selected to be above average in determination and smarts, but limited options in employment in their new tech of choice.
source Built a Haskell team at a startup, now work on a Haskell team in finance. Hiring has NEVER been a problem.