Hi Peoples,
I’m Steve, currently in San Diego, California.
I’m very interested in Elixir and what it may have to offer.
So far, I’ve only been reading anything I can find on Google and watching lots of videos. I’m eager to start coding and learning Elixir properly but, as usual, trying to think up an idea for an application is my biggest stumbling block when I learn a new language.
Its been said that the Elixir community is incredibly welcoming so I look forward to working with all of you!
Hello world, my name is Shannon. I’m from Melbourne, Australia.
I was exposed to a couple of functional programming concepts while dabbling in Javascript. I’d like to learn more so have jumped in and started learning Elixir! I’d also like to be able to build web apps.
Hello Elixir World, Pyae Phyo Hlaing from Myanmar ( Burma ) !! Elixir Starter and love elixir. Currently reading Learn Functional Programming with Elixir.
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My bad for the belated intro, I didn’t know this thread existed. This is Saw Thinkar, a junior dev greeting from Yangon, Myanmar.
Two years ago, I was first introduced to functional programming in Assembly Language class where my professor instructed us to write simple programs in x86 assembly, C, and Standard ML, and lab reports were to be written in Tex. Then again in Discrete Structure class, by the same professor, we had to write proofs in Standard ML.
At that time, my classmates and I felt pretty overwhelmed since there were so many things we had to absorb in short time, and I didn’t know how it would be useful.
Six months ago, I met a friend who is also the founder of my current work, introduced me to Elixir. He was like Elixir is a functional programming language, and I was like the only functional programming I knew is SML. I also got in touch with my professor via LinkedIn and I am glad I could tell him how his classes were big deals.
Here are links to my lab repos in case if you find interesting: CS118-AssemblyLanguage, CS113-DiscreteStructure Note: Those reports are not polished, and were in rush for submission.
Hi everyone.
I’m Marcio, from Portugal.
I’ve been programming more or less regularly for the past 15 years.
The mainly used php, javascript before switching no native development for iOS for a few years.
Hi, I’m Jeroen, a Belgian living in Norway.
At work I mainly work with Javascript and Typescript.
In my spare time I’m interested in reading about new programming languages. The past few months I’ve checked out Elixir, Ocaml (+Reasonml), Clojure.
I also wanted to learn a new MVC framework. So Elixir and Phoenix fit that requirement quite nicely.
Hi, I’m Dianat Hussain from Islamabad, Pakistan.
I have used C++, Java, C#, PHP and JavaScript.
I want to pursue web application development in future, and I think Elixir and Phoenix are the best language and framework combination for that, as I read different reviews, reddit posts and blog posts online.
Hello! I’m Leif, a Norwegian dude living in Oslo.
I’ve worked in game development for ~6 years, as a developer/technical project manager on the technology team, creating a proprietary game engine for massively multiplayer online games.
Then I had a short ~2,5 year stint as a technical project manager/advisor for banks and financial institutions, mostly working on back-office systems and online banking portals.
Since 2015, I have been working as a digital business developer for the largest electronics retailer in the Nordics; trying to close the gap between physical retail stores and online sales channels.
Throughout my career, I have never worked as a full-time programmer, but I have been an avid hobbyist, learning a new language each year (after reading The Pragmatic Programmer).
As for hobbies, I’m learning Japanese and I enjoy playing Shōgi (Japanese chess). I also enjoy reading, and I have been a technical book reviewer for various authors, via Pragprog, O’Reilly and others.
I’m looking forward to learning more about Elixir (and Erlang) and getting to know you. I would also be interested in meeting friendly people with similar interests in Oslo, Norway.
See you around! 
Ooo nice! Is it an engine we might have heard of?
I was just on an electronics site yesterday and thought of you! 
It was excruciatingly slow and I remember you saying in another thread you would like to bring Elixir/Erlang into that space - I was hoping retailers here might adopt Elixir too, it was painful browsing/searching their site!
Welcome to the community! 
