Comment by bri3d

This - I’ve had this same experience in both the FP, middle ground (Kotlin, Scala, etc.) and Rust space. It’s not FP, it’s that some engineers are interested in business goals and others are interested in conceptual goals. Those who are interested in conceptual goals gravitate towards conceptually interesting paradigms. Those who are interested in business goals gravitate towards business goals. It’s not mutually exclusive; I’ve met Scala and Rust obsessed engineers who also deliver; and Java engineers who can’t see past the next AbstractProxyFactory. But if I were forced to stereotype, new paradigms come with people who are more interested in the concepts than the goal (yes, I know FP isn’t new, blah blah, professionally speaking…)