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If you knew Ruby and not the Python, the whole scenario would have been flipped.
by schnable 6y ago
If you knew Ruby and not the Python, the whole scenario would have been flipped.
- rualca 6y ago> If you knew Ruby and not the Python, the whole scenario would have been flipped. That's why popularity matters. The odds that any random kid already has experience with Python are far greater than him knowing Ruby.
- ricketycricket 6y agoThis was the argument for php in 2010.
- joelbluminator 6y agoI get the point, it's not completely invalid. And still, calling Rails "obscure" is a stretch. In web dev world it's still a pretty dominant framework. There shouldn't really be any problem to hire Ruby guys afaik.
- squam 6y agoNot popularity, but familiarity. You don’t have to play the odds if you already know what tools your team has experience with.