To be honest, I think ruby is a very good backend language to start out with. The syntax is very clean and easy to understand, the online resources are very vas

To be honest, I think ruby is a very good backend language to start out with. The syntax is very clean and easy to understand, the online resources are very vast and up to date. A lot of startups use ruby on rails because you're able to build apps very fast with it. That's why you see a lot of rails job openings in Silicon Valley, because that's where a lot of the startups are.