All I can say is stick with it. Hard work pays off in time. And I can vouch for the dearth of rails devs (though I guess I do live in Boston). The one thing I

All I can say is stick with it. Hard work pays off in time. And I can vouch for the dearth of rails devs (though I guess I do live in Boston). The one thing I'd say is hold out as long as you can to make sure you get into the type of job you want. If you take a job doing MS Tech just to feed yourself, it'll be hard not to get branded with that tech.