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The title is catchy but imprecise. After discovering the concision of python and haskell, the author has less tolerance for the verbosity of c#, the language with which he earns his living. Perhaps the solution is to earn a living with a more concise language.

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The moral of the story: don't bother improving yourself, unless you have the freedom to improve your environment accordingly.

That's the moral of the story? That's not a moral, that's whining.

Don't improve? Seems immoral.

I just wonder how I should be able to find out that the environment needs improving without improving myself first.

Agreed. Making a living with Haskell may be difficult in the world that we live in, but doing so with Python should not pose a serious challenge. There are still plenty of jobs out there for talented coders, but you'll always be stuck at the same job if you don't GO AND LOOK FOR A NEW JOB that allows you to wield your new-found power. Nobody's going to change your situation for you, that's something that you have to do for yourself.

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