Sometimes the better course of action is just to listen: “hey, I am sorry that you feel this way. I have not had the same experience. In any case, if you want to talk or suggest ways we can improve, we will be glad to hear”. That’s it.

I completely understand your perspective. It is frustrating to be called something you don’t agree with, but at the same time, this is a thread for people to express their opinions on why they moved away from Elixir. Of course, if you disagree with something, you can provide counter examples, but this thread should mostly be an exercise on listening for most of us. Otherwise, the next time a similar thread pops up, nobody will say anything, and then we won’t learn anything either.

There are countless threads that say wonderful things about Elixir, we will be fine with a thread that brings some of negative points to light so we can work on them.

I also had a hard time convincing companies to do Elixir (as a freelancer in Denmark).
It came to the point that my customers would require me to buy ice cream to them every time I mentioned Elixir.

I ended up starting my own company, become CTO and choose Elixir as the main language Now we are 10 people (3 developers) and I managed to hire the first Elixir developer besides my self.

Perhaps not a solution for anybody, since it requires the right place, time and people. But if the right place, time and people are there, go for it!

I’m shocked to hear that - I’ve certainly not witnessed any genuine or sincere criticism being reacted to poorly, at least not here on the forum