One of the best ways to get a job as a junior is to attend user groups and conferences, especially if you are OK with presenting something. I’m interviewing a junior Elixir dev tomorrow who we met at a recent conference!
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CuriousMikolaj
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egeersoz
Junior-level Elixir jobs being rare is one of the things that slows down the growth of the community and the language ecosystem, and preventing it from becoming more mainstream.
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ziinc
If you’re talking about the run-of-the-mill junior elixir full stack crud job, then yes they would definitely be in shorter supply as compared to similar JS or Python jobs, by nature of language popularity and ease of hire.
More interesting Elixir jobs would require the seniority not because the experience in Elixir is absolutely necessary, but because of the exposure to other languages, experience with production issues, and many other factors that define a senior dev. The fact that the primary language is Elixir would be an afterthought. These types of jobs are always in supply and readily available because of the high demand and the scarcity of senior developers relative to juniors. This applies to any niche, such as as OCaml or Clojure, not just Elixir.
Increasing the supply of junior elixir jobs may improve popularity, but it would not really help the junior’s career due to lack of exposure. If all a dev knows is how to use hammer, then everything becomes a nail. Elixir is great, but it isn’t appropriate for every problems out there.
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egeersoz
Elixir is great, but it isn’t appropriate for every problems out there.
Well… Elixir and Phoenix can do it all! · The Phoenix Files
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