Not one of the OPs but can happily echo their experience/praise for PETAL and think I can answer your dev search question:
Anyone with a can-do attitude can learn Elixir. People with a “no thank you, I already know XYZ” mindset you really don’t want on your team.
Almost 20 years ago @pg wrote the “Python Paradox” post: www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html
The same holds true for Elixir (and Rust) these days. The people you want to hire are those who learn new skills/languages proactively.
However I can confidently say, from experience of having hired several Python devs/data scientists with zero Elixir experience, that smart+motivated people can learn Elixir in a couple of days and be productive within a week. See: https://www.verytechnology.com/iot-insights/elixir-for-pytho...
Anyone with a can-do attitude can learn Elixir. People with a “no thank you, I already know XYZ” mindset you really don’t want on your team.
Almost 20 years ago @pg wrote the “Python Paradox” post: www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html
The same holds true for Elixir (and Rust) these days. The people you want to hire are those who learn new skills/languages proactively.
However I can confidently say, from experience of having hired several Python devs/data scientists with zero Elixir experience, that smart+motivated people can learn Elixir in a couple of days and be productive within a week. See: https://www.verytechnology.com/iot-insights/elixir-for-pytho...