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commitpizza | 2 years ago

True and honestly, as an experienced developer it wasn't that huge of a step to start coding in Elixir. It's just that I (at least) is still thinking in an object-oriented way even when I'm working in Elixir because that is what I am used to.

I think the hardest part is to let go of some of the old practices and embrace functional programming as much as you can.

I would like to work with elixir professionally but have yet to find an employer that uses it in production :)

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yurishimo|2 years ago

Many Elixir companies will hire and train you if you have previous experience. If you're really interested, it's worth reaching out!

ch4s3|2 years ago

Yeah, 100%. I'd say half or more of the Elixir devs I've hired had no Elixir experience before. I've found most people pick up the basics easily, and the language is super approachable.