I get plenty of contract to hire jobs for rails to my inbox from linked in. Pay rates are usually $70k+, sometimes going above 100k for sr positions (for Austin

I get plenty of contract to hire jobs for rails to my inbox from linked in. Pay rates are usually $70k+, sometimes going above 100k for sr positions (for Austin and Dallas areas). So I'd say if you like ruby, then go for it. I don't really like ruby though, or rails. Or course you should also learn some front end stuff too and be more full stack worthy, especially with ajax powered APIs.