Now that we have gone through the entire course, you have the skills that would make it easier for you to adopt a new language like Elixir! We essentially covered the three parts.

Part I: Concept

Adoption, is in part, a social problem. Adopting an emerging technology means becoming a salesperson. Making stakeholders, teammates, and potential new hires understand that our technical decisions are wise and in the best interests of the companies we serve, is a critical part of the process. New languages often mean new hiring and team-building strategies. Adoption means changing habits and practices to take the best advantage of our new platform. This course gave an introduction to some tools that will help automate those things you can and laid out experiences to help you handle various potential problems. We have walked you through the discussion in the following chapters:

• Team Building

Building a team for an emerging language is a little different than ramping up for a well-known, established technology. We explained what we did to train and recruit talent, set expectations, and keep folks motivated.

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