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>The only exception has been JaneStreet

Huh. I guess if you decide to make OCaml your company's primary programming language, you have to take what you can when it comes to devs.

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They put an absurd about of effort into their recruiting, so I'm not really surprised. Pretty much every math-related content creator I listen to has advertised for them.

I doubt anyone who works there is "take what we can get" calibre. They want to attract people who casually solve college-level math puzzles for funsies. So I imagine it's the opposite and if you get hired there, you're surrounded by people who are extremely accomplished.

I wasn't talking about the likelihood to get accepted or what makes a successful candidate, but the statement that they responded fast to cold applications.

Not accurate. They pay very well, and their interview process is supposedly quite challenging.

A thing to consider, though, is ethical: they seem to have been involved in market manipulation. [0]

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y0zgrevl1o

Wasn't referring to the level of challenge but to the fact that they responded fast to a cold application. You don't have to do that unless you have a very hard time finding qualified candidates. And they certainly made it hard for themselves by going all in on OCaml.

Yes and no, I imagine the biggest qualification for Jane Street would still be humility and not OCaml interest or expertise, and the pay probably has something to do with people's desire to apply, too.

I wasn't talking about why people would apply, I was talking about the statement that they responded fast to a cold application. Generally speaking, if you drop a ton of applications for what I assume is a lack of willingness or skill to deal with OCaml, that certainly factors in your hiring process.

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