top | item 33382344 (no title) nnopepe | 3 years ago I am unfamiliar with scala, which of it's traits makes it deserving of higher pay? discuss order hn newest lmm|3 years ago It's popular in finance, which pulls up the average pay. agravier|3 years ago Also in all sorts of data engineering, productionized data science, etc. jlund-molfese|3 years ago Functional languages seem to have a smaller talent pool and higher salaries.You can write procedural Scala, but if that’s the case, you might as well use modern Java. fazfq|3 years ago I guess the fact that it's rarer than other languages, but I have no idea. texasbigdata|3 years ago Just a guess: perhaps that it’s more applicable to large use cases and at clients that are much more likely to be profitable and therefore able to pay? load replies (1)
lmm|3 years ago It's popular in finance, which pulls up the average pay. agravier|3 years ago Also in all sorts of data engineering, productionized data science, etc.
jlund-molfese|3 years ago Functional languages seem to have a smaller talent pool and higher salaries.You can write procedural Scala, but if that’s the case, you might as well use modern Java.
fazfq|3 years ago I guess the fact that it's rarer than other languages, but I have no idea. texasbigdata|3 years ago Just a guess: perhaps that it’s more applicable to large use cases and at clients that are much more likely to be profitable and therefore able to pay? load replies (1)
texasbigdata|3 years ago Just a guess: perhaps that it’s more applicable to large use cases and at clients that are much more likely to be profitable and therefore able to pay? load replies (1)
lmm|3 years ago
agravier|3 years ago
jlund-molfese|3 years ago
You can write procedural Scala, but if that’s the case, you might as well use modern Java.
fazfq|3 years ago
texasbigdata|3 years ago