> That doesn't bode well for the rest of us if someone this accomplished can't land a Haskell job.
As an opposite experience, we're currently hiring someone with no experience to do haskell and purescript. The key here is that there are few haskell companies, but also few haskellers: companies have trouble finding haskellers just like haskellers have trouble finding companies. While most of the work in a traditional tech company receives lots of CVs, we typically experience the opposite, where it's hard to find many people to apply.
As an opposite experience, we're currently hiring someone with no experience to do haskell and purescript. The key here is that there are few haskell companies, but also few haskellers: companies have trouble finding haskellers just like haskellers have trouble finding companies. While most of the work in a traditional tech company receives lots of CVs, we typically experience the opposite, where it's hard to find many people to apply.