Wow. Is this actually a major concern with some people?
Around D.C., there's this tendency for employers to be very open with what languages you've used before.
Have you only used Ada? Welcome on-board, though we have no uniforms here.
Only used Erlang? Are you guys still saying you can see the whitehouse from your building?
And for some reason C#/Java are considered almost the same language, depending on whom you talk to.
Honestly, good people are good, and we don't have enough of them to become picky about demanding 5+ years experience in exactly what you are already doing. It'll take a month to onboard someone regardless of if they've used the language or not before.
Around D.C., there's this tendency for employers to be very open with what languages you've used before.
Have you only used Ada? Welcome on-board, though we have no uniforms here.
Only used Erlang? Are you guys still saying you can see the whitehouse from your building?
And for some reason C#/Java are considered almost the same language, depending on whom you talk to.
Honestly, good people are good, and we don't have enough of them to become picky about demanding 5+ years experience in exactly what you are already doing. It'll take a month to onboard someone regardless of if they've used the language or not before.