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Chicago’s Ruby Developer Crisis

• rjprins 16y ago
  I didn't know there was such a thing as a [language]-programmer. Picking up a new language has to be nigh trivial for any programmer, right? Getting to know the frameworks and libraries intricately takes time, but if you're not able to write code in a new language within a day, you're doing something wrong. And after a few weeks working full time with a certain framework, you should definitely be up to speed.. right?
  • bphogan 16y ago
    Exactly, and I think that was kind of the gist of his message; companies can find good developers and spend the time teaching them how to do it. Besides, a good Ruby developer for one company might still not be using whatever cool tools the new company is asking about. Ruby may be a smaller community than others, but in a room of 10 Ruby developers, I bet you'll find 10 different ways to implement a Rails app (Haml vs. ERb, Steak vs. Cucumber, TestUnit vs. RSpec, and so forth).
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  • warren_s 16y ago
    Did you actually read the article? retraining other devs to use Ruby was identified as one solution. Nevertheless, bringing new developers in who need training is not a zero-cost process compared to hiring an experienced developer.