EMx 013: Elixir Panel with Steve Bussey

Panel: Mark EriksonEric BerryJosh Adams Special Guests: Steve Bussey In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Steve Bussey about Elixir Panel. Steve is a software architect at SalesLoft, which is a company that does sales enablement software to help teams grow and become sales organizations. They talk about how his company was introduced to Elixir, why Rubyists are leaving for Elixir, and sharing sessions. They also touch on how developers have reacted to new changes within the company, the biggest hurdles people face when getting into Elixir, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Steve introSoftware architect at SalesLoftStarted off with Ruby and now work heavily with ElixirWhat size is the engineer team at SalesLoft?How did Elixir get introduced to your company?Having a single advocate for a language promoting it in the companyThe idea of being a “champion”Shaping how other learn and consumeWhat do you think the reason is for Ruby developers leaving for Elixir?Promises that Elixir providesErlangA different paradigmJavaScript and ReactSharing sessionsServing your users properlyTheir Rails applicationMicroservicesHow have the developers reacted to these changes coming in?Slow processProfessional development initiativeEveryone that’s put in the time haven’t’ said anything bad about ElixirWhat was the biggest hurdle for people getting into Elixir?The importance of asking questionsThe XY problemAnd much, much more! Links: SalesLoftRubyElixirErlangJavaScriptReactRailsMockerystephenbussey.comSteve’s GitHub@YOOOODAAAA Sponsors: Digital Ocean Picks: Mark Seafile Josh alchemist.el Steve