All that's debatable I guess (and I would debate if I thought it'd make a difference), but a good enough reason for me is that all the places I want to work are looking for Node.js developers.
Erlang? Not so much.
The fastest growing, hottest languages on GitHub right now are Ruby and Javascript. Partly that's due to the amazing Node.js server-side platform that runs on Google's V8.
All that's debatable I guess (and I would debate if I thought it'd make a difference), but a good enough reason for me is that all the places I want to work are looking for Node.js developers. Erlang? Not so much.
The fastest growing, hottest languages on GitHub right now are Ruby and Javascript. Partly that's due to the amazing Node.js server-side platform that runs on Google's V8.