> That said, "just learn Ruby on Rails" perhaps does not appreciate how much of a gap there is between the bottom half of the US college-bound population and an

> That said, "just learn Ruby on Rails" perhaps does not appreciate how much of a gap there is between the bottom half of the US college-bound population and an engineer capable of commercially valuable work. I agree. On the other hand, that's a relatively easy gap to fill. A recent example: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/20/smoopa-state-trooper-ios-development/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/20/smoopa-state-trooper-ios-de...