Couldn't agree more. If I was hiring I'd be less interested in the # of patches you've submitted to Rails and more interested in examples of how you've solved

Couldn't agree more. If I was hiring I'd be less interested in the # of patches you've submitted to Rails and more interested in examples of how you've solved problems, in code (irrespective of the language) and in other parts of your life. Speaking of other parts of your life, I'd also really like to know you HAVE other parts of your life and you're not spending every evening chowing Cheetos with the local Ruby guys. That's totally great now and then but I'd want healthy, happy, diverse and interesting employees, not just zombie Ruby monkeys who only read DHH, et al blogs and can't think for themselves. (To be totally clear I've always had the impression that most of the people like DHH in the Ruby community also expect their community members to think for themselves as well and engage in healthy debate.)