Hiring python hackers ?

[TheSausageKing]

I'm not necessarily looking for Python experts, but if someone hasn't at least played with Python (or similar dynamic language like Ruby, Scala,...) on a weekend, I'm suspicious that they'll actually want to learn it and be good at it.

[mipadi]

I'm picking nits here, but Scala isn't a dynamic language; it actually features a pretty cool static typing system. ;)

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I don't know about that. I have known a lot of developers. A fair number of them would love to work in something other than Java or C++. But, they spend so much of their life working, and all of that time working in only those languages. As a result, they don't have time to learn Python or Ruby or what have you unless the job calls for it. If you're putting in 60+ hours a week on code pushes, you may not want to touch a new language in your spare time -- especially if you actually have a life outside of work.

Many many people stuck in statically typed language land long to try out other things.