As chief architect of an Ad-Tech startup, part of my role involves hiring and mentoring software engineering candidates. Our technology stack includes Scala, SBT, Akka, Spray, Spark + MLlib, AWS, Ecmascript 6, BeEF, Linux environment, Git, Docker, Bash, Kafka, ELK, NGinX, and as of today, Mesosphere. I can tell you, it ain't easy to find Scala Devs. IMHO, a suitable candidate must demonstrate that they are capable of diving in and learning frameworks that make up the Scala ecosystem. Now, you can ......