To maximize chances of functional programming employment

Posted by Rob Agar on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Rob Agar
Published on 2011-03-20T05:37:55Z Indexed on 2011/03/20 8:16 UTC
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Given that the future of programming is functional, at some point in the nearish future I want to be paid to code in a functional language, preferably Haskell.

Assuming I have a firm grasp of the language, plus all the basic programmer attributes (good communication skills/sense of humour/hygiene etc), what should I concentrate on learning to maximize my chances? Are there any particularly sought after libraries I should know?

Alternatively, would another language be a better bet, say F#?

(I'm not too fussed about the kind of programming work, so long as it's reasonably interesting and reasonably well paid, and with nice people)

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