More demand than supply, definitely. It’s hard to hire Erlang/Elixir devs from outside.
Some companies just avoid using the platform because of that, but others (like my own company, Covalent) hire devs who seem like they’re experienced in learning languages generally, and then train them in Erlang/Elixir internally.
These devs don’t move around much, though — a company willing to do internal promotion/education is usually pretty good at retaining talent. So new companies looking for Elixir devs still don’t find as many as they’d like.
(An interesting other side effect of this dynamic is that it’s easier to hire senior Erlang/Elixir people than junior ones, since most Elixir devs you’ll find that have ever used the language for anything serious, learned it at work, and so usually have a decent chunk of their career already behind them.)
Some companies just avoid using the platform because of that, but others (like my own company, Covalent) hire devs who seem like they’re experienced in learning languages generally, and then train them in Erlang/Elixir internally.
These devs don’t move around much, though — a company willing to do internal promotion/education is usually pretty good at retaining talent. So new companies looking for Elixir devs still don’t find as many as they’d like.
(An interesting other side effect of this dynamic is that it’s easier to hire senior Erlang/Elixir people than junior ones, since most Elixir devs you’ll find that have ever used the language for anything serious, learned it at work, and so usually have a decent chunk of their career already behind them.)