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Haskell has a great history and provides great things. But it mostly invites in people with enough privilege to learn a challenging language on the side with few job prospects. There are only few exceptions. The people who get through easily confuse their privilege with skill.

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Chris D'Aloisio

@chrisdaloisio

Apr 20, 2019

This is certainly changing though. There’s lots of movement in the FP space which is leading folks to Haskell. Personally, I didn’t study comp sci at university and am now introducing Haskell into my workplace. I expect this trend to continue, even if just by influence alone.

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I'm a two time college drop out, and but I can still see that society has afforded me a huge amount of leeway, giving me the opportunity to learn things like Rust, Coq, Agda, and type systems, etc. while still having a buffer to lean back on if things go terribly wrong.

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This is not just about people traditionally thought of as being of diverse backgrounds, but also about people under mortgage pressure, or those with family commitments, etc.

Brendan Zabarauskas

@brendanzab

Apr 20, 2019

These folks deserve to have the freedom to learn and explore this stuff! And we need to do more to support them. I am also positive though that we can do it, but it'll be important for use to be honest about the challenges we face in getting there.

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