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I've been simultaneously waiting for and dreading the same future for rails engineers, since so many are under the belief that web development is the ticket...
by hkmurakami 11y ago
I've been simultaneously waiting for and dreading the same future for rails engineers, since so many are under the belief that web development is the ticket...
- dredmorbius 11y agoYeah, I've started seeing occasional queries on HN about what the Next Big Thing will be. Which raises another challenge: chasing the tech curve. It's one thing to have found the right tech, another to correctly anticipate the market's next move. The worse when you realise everything that's up-and-coming is recapitulating all the mistakes you recognised from the last time.
- w1ntermute 11y agoThe demand for Rails engineers is tied to the startup bubble. As soon as the latter pops (well, it already is), so will the former.