Because people can only have a background in one language? I think you're the one missing benatkin's point and proving yourself to be one of the language snobs

Because people can only have a background in one language? I think you're the one missing benatkin's point and proving yourself to be one of the language snobs he mentioned. Good developers are good developers. In your own quote it says he has 8 years of PHP experience. Sure, he has a really good Ruby background but it looks like he has a really good PHP background as well.