DEV Community

Discussion on: Learn functional programing with me - Part 1 : Language choice

 
oguimbal profile image
Olivier Guimbal

Oh right, I understood it the other way around... I'm French, so that happens 😁

Opinion ahead... nobody is asking you about it because they dont know about it.
And few people are humble enough to tell when they dont know... especially in asymetic situations such as interviews, when the interviewer is supposed to "know better", for some absurd reason.

I've interviewed a fair share of candidates, and not seen much who had FP experiences... I'd definitely give some bonus to those who do speak about it.

That being said, FP is slowly, but steadily gaining traction, and I believe those who will know about it will have an easier time dealing with the future.

For instance, several TC39 propositions are about integrating typically FP features into Javascript (such as this or this)

Thread Thread
 
jwp profile image
John Peters

I'm looking forward to reading your series on FP. Thanks!