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The reason companies are not asking for less common languages are that they already have a code base they need to maintain and also that they want to be able to get more people with the required experience and the more niche a language is the harder that will be.
New languages might be better in some ways, but rarely in all ways, especially if you include knowledge pool, existing examples and libraries.
New languages have the most chance to get traction in upstarts or as a micro-service where you could just replace it all in case you cannot find someone proficient.
And also, while some languages might offer advantages in some area, they might not hold up when you scale up. -
Old dogs have systems in Java/ASP. Can't/won't migrate or add dependency in another language.
New dogs are ambitious for results for that investor money. Ofc they're gonna get antique dev frameworks for stability.
OSS or well-funded startups imo are the only haven of you want to work out of the ordinary frameworks and they don't really promote that much on LinkedIn from my experience.
I read something LinkedIn -related just now in here, and it kind of made me think. Not really, but whatever it was, brought my mood down some...
It’s a good thing I’m not looking for work at the moment, and I’m quite happy where I am right now, because what I see in LinkedIn depresses me. More specifically, the language and/or framework experience companies are looking to recruit... Java this, Python that, React everywhere... and then there’s the M$ shops... (oh and Scala - surprisingly much Scala, waduheq?) Urgh...
Don’t take it wrong, I totally understand sticking to the tried and tested tools you just know there’s devs aplenty who know their way around them. It’s just from the perspective of someone who prefers to use one of the better tools for a job, it breaks my heart to not see them utilized more, and it makes me think what I would do if I was fired rn? (Unlikely, but theoretically...) Tbh, I don’t know. Probs apply to one of the few F# jobs out there, even when I knew I’d probably have to work on a Windork machine again (pls no), but due to the drawback I just mentioned, not such a bright prospect after all...
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