Thanks for the input, and I value the suggestions as they are things that interest me (I'd love to get into Scala when I have the time). I guess I should have

Thanks for the input, and I value the suggestions as they are things that interest me (I'd love to get into Scala when I have the time). I guess I should have been clearer, I am specifically looking into Rails/Django because what I do primarily is build web apps. I feel like I am reaching a plateau of productivity with PHP because of it's nature and my ruby/python toting peers are far ahead while only using this tech for 1-2 years max. I am getting the feeling that Rails is going to be the best match for what I am looking for, mainly because of the huge library of gems. Again, thanks for the input though.