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It didn't come across as combative at all, no worries. I find it pretty convincing to be honest. If anything I think the biggest hold-up is that I can get jobs
by aerovistae 5y ago
It didn't come across as combative at all, no worries. I find it pretty convincing to be honest. If anything I think the biggest hold-up is that I can get jobs as a senior front-end engineer but if I looked for Ruby jobs I'd kind of be taking 2 steps back down in terms of what I can contribute.
Frankly I'm not a fast learner, unfortunately. Although it's possible that I've convinced myself of that because I hate the Java ecosystem so much that my brain just doesn't want to absorb information about gradle and intellij configuration and java dependency management and so on.
- scrose 5y agoI went from being mostly frontend focused to working almost exclusively on backend and while I was able to get a generous pay bump, I found that I was generally much happier to just be working with Ruby/Rails almost full-time. Even though I was not as proficient right away. I guess what I’m trying to say is if you end up focusing on working only with what you’re proficient at, you may be missing out on other opportunities that you may end up enjoying more long-term.
- phaedrix 5y agoIt's not you, it's java.
- lawik 5y agoThe market is quite good for people who want to try a move or two. I'm not into Ruby but I see people hesitate similarly about my preferred lang and mostly think they should just take that leap.
- sunsetSamurai 5y agowhat's your favorite language?
- jambalaya 5y agoWe're hiring for Ruby/Rails. We're also hiring JS. I've used Ruby/Rails my entire career and don't plan on switching. Pay seems good. Definitely more JS jobs of course but I'm happy with what I'm doing and making. I bet you can pick it up in no time.
- andrei_says_ 5y agoWould you consider sharing which company you’re speaking of (“we are hiring for Ruby/Rails”) My email is in my profile.