Erlang. I used to be a C/Java kind of guy with a little bit of C++ and PHP sprinkled in. Got tired of using GDB to rummage through core dumps in order to figure out C/pthreads concurrency bugs. So looked into this new fangled thing called Erlang that came with this weird programming model called "functional programming". Boy I was hooked.

Fast forward 7 years and a couple of increasingly lucrative and interesting jobs...

Scala. Getting a bit bored with the Erlang ecosystem, got offered an (even more interesting and lucrative) opportunity at yet another startup, that was running on Scala/Akka/Reactive Streams. Jumped at the chance and went through what was probably the most grueling 6 months learning curve I've ever been through. Got to appreciate the benefits of a strong type system and a thoroughly modern/flexible language. Also gained a renewed appreciation for the simplicity and practicality of Erlang and it's virtual machine :)

That's where I am now. What comes next, I am not sure. Maybe Haskell or Clojure. In any case, after all this it feels like I could handle anything anyone throws at me.