clojure-estonia

2018-01-11T14:31:21.000626Z

@ivar — cool! Must’ve been nuts. I’ve only heard stories, too young to remember.

2018-01-11T14:36:51.000321Z

I think there are loads of tech opportunities here, depends on what you want to do. From what I gather, the FP community is small, not to say non-existent (that’s why I thought to poke around on this channel). But on a higher-level, I think there’s a bit of everything — larger companies, smaller companies, SaaS companies, robotics companies, consultancies etc.

sam 2018-01-11T17:09:50.000361Z

Hi @karl! I live in Tallinn - just moved here in August. I’ve been learning Clojure for a couple of years on and off.

sam 2018-01-11T17:10:49.000313Z

I’m currently reading “The Joy of Clojure” and plan on working on a little side-project in Clojure.

2018-01-11T17:11:42.000538Z

Hey @sammy.castaneda90! That's awesome. I'm out for dinner at the moment but I will reply in a couple of hours. 🙂

sam 2018-01-11T17:12:01.000620Z

enjoy your dinner 😄

ivar 2018-01-11T17:17:08.000836Z

I’m just starting work for the day.. (in Ruby 😐 )

ivar 2018-01-11T17:18:14.000220Z

I dunno anyone here would be interested, but we run a ‘remote meetup’ on Thursdays - http://www.timezonehelper.com/#!/PST8PDT/2018-01-11/18:00

ivar 2018-01-11T17:19:09.000161Z

if you have questions, just join #remote-meetup which is the affiliated slack channel

2018-01-11T18:34:59.000533Z

@sammy.castaneda90 back now!

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sam 2018-01-11T18:46:47.000476Z

@ivar afaik transferwise is always hiring, but it's a Java shop. I don't think we have any clojure projects there yet, but I'm working on it :D

2018-01-11T18:47:16.000295Z

Aha! You’re at TransferWise, @sammy.castaneda90 ?

2018-01-11T18:47:53.000293Z

Do they seem receptive to Clojure?

sam 2018-01-11T18:47:58.000327Z

yup. Fun company. I moved here from Orlando.

2018-01-11T18:49:21.000330Z

Nice! Yes, they’re awesome. I had a chat with Kristo and Taavet a couple of years ago about joining. But I kinda turned them down. 😕

sam 2018-01-11T18:49:26.000423Z

Each team decides for themselves what's appropriate. I've talked with my team about it, and they took it well. I just have to find a little project that would be appropriate

sam 2018-01-11T18:50:52.000431Z

Well you can always try again

2018-01-11T18:51:04.000189Z

That’s pretty cool! Clojure benefits a fair amount by being on the JVM.

2018-01-11T18:51:48.000487Z

We’ll see how it goes. I’ve struck out on my own, trying to get a company off the ground.

2018-01-11T18:57:06.000477Z

@ivar, would love to join the meetup, but it’s be at 4am my time and it would kill me. 😄