Just a question when you are hiring and posting job descriptions do your job posts use language like "6 years experience in Elixir" ?
Reason I'm asking is because I love this attitude and I think it works so long as your team will provide the support for someone to ramp up, but I seldom see these kind of job posts saying we're fine if you learn the stack.
I share the parents attitude. My job postings though don't say explicitly that we are fine if you learn the stack, however they list the stack as nice to have rather than must have.
IMO, everyone needs to learn a from of stuff for every job. Thus understanding of high-level concepts and ability to learn are paramount. If you tell me though that your primary language is XYZ and you cannot answer basic challenges with it we encounter during the interview then that's a really bad sign even if I don't care much about that actual language.
Reason I'm asking is because I love this attitude and I think it works so long as your team will provide the support for someone to ramp up, but I seldom see these kind of job posts saying we're fine if you learn the stack.