The Case for the Cutting Edge
summary
Company chooses Scala and Clojure to power a supply‑chain network that moves one third of a trillion dollars and handles 200 message formats with industrial uptime. Claim: the tradeoff of extra upfront work pays off — engineering skills translate across languages, onboarding improves when learning time is budgeted, and the team ships reliable systems. Hiring detail: a recent ad yields 60 applicants 5 Scala (8.3%), yet hires come from diverse backgrounds and the stack proves productive.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:32Agenda
- 3:10Olimpica
- 5:15Engineering Isnt Lost
- 8:44Elbow grease
- 11:27Learning curve
- 13:22Summary
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