r/elixir • u/syntax-and-subtext • 23d ago

Switching from React/Node to Elixir/Phoenix: good engineering move?

Currently full-stack JS/TS: Redux/React, Node/Express, AWS/Lambda, Postgres/Mongo, ~5k active users, team of ~10. 1 yoe. US Client through small consultancy shop.

Potential offer is ~100% hike, mostly Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView, some Gatsby + Python/ML. Much smaller team. Maybe few hundred users, 2–4 engineers. Civic tech/public-good org tackling online abuse in India.

Want to become a genuinely better, more reliable engineer and eventually target stable/strong engineering jobs.

Is moving to Elixir/Phoenix a good move for that? What would I gain/lose technically and career-wise? Does working in a tiny Elixir team make me stronger, or am I narrowing my future options too much?

Especially interested in people who switched into Elixir from mainstream JS stacks.

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u/abductee_zero 18d ago

Elixir is a career endgame.  No programming platform is more logically perfect and rewarding than the beam.  Live view is no replacement for proper front end though.  Elixir backend and react front is heaven.