This is in a very different vein than the language in that story and not equivalent

You don’t need an email to create a HN account last I checked

> Their salary has a higher salary than you.

I’m stealing this line

At my university the first programming class that every CS major had to take was functional programming. Many people would come in with no experience and FP would be their first introduction to the field. It was a very controversial course among students due to its perceived usefulness (or lack thereof), but as someone who already was familiar with imperative languages I really enjoyed it.