> I would also like to know how many of the core team members have PhDs and MScs.
Don't forget the MDs! (Not joking, one of the people Don's team has an MD.)
I used to work for Don at Standard Chartered. Getting good Haskellers seemed way easier than the hiring efforts of my current employer (Google) focussing on more traditional languages.
But I guess, that's mostly a function of pent up demand for Haskell jobs.
Where is all this pent up demand? I mean I get what you're saying. Most academics know Haskell and Standard Chartered hires academics but there is a bit of circular thing going on there.
Oh, there are quite a lot of programmers working with more conventional languages in their day job, but are using Haskell as a hobby. They are easy to hire with the lure of Haskell.
Since moving away from Standard Chartered I have turned into one of them.
Don't forget the MDs! (Not joking, one of the people Don's team has an MD.)
I used to work for Don at Standard Chartered. Getting good Haskellers seemed way easier than the hiring efforts of my current employer (Google) focussing on more traditional languages.
But I guess, that's mostly a function of pent up demand for Haskell jobs.