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We use Elixir. Everyone we’ve hired, from junior to principal, has had no previous Elixir experience. They’ve mostly come from Ruby/Rails or JavaScript backgrounds. They’ve become productive in Elixir quickly and once they’ve understood some of the unique patterns and concepts, all thoroughly enjoyed working in it.

Of course, those with more experience tend to have heard of Elixir and be keen to work in it.

People with less experience are more concerned about whether investing in this language is a good career move, so we emphasise how learning something like Elixir will ultimately make you a more valuable developer.

If you’re considering adopting Elixir for your new project/startup and worried about finding talented developers, I don’t think Elixir will make it harder and might even make it easier.