More often than not, recruiters couldn't care less about what open source code you have out there. They only ask because they believe that amazing developers sp

More often than not, recruiters couldn't care less about what open source code you have out there. They only ask because they believe that amazing developers spends all their free time writing open source code for free, and being able to market this will get them their commission. If you feel it's holding you back then just build a basic tool for yourself and a personal website. I wrote a basic blog script and my own site, hosted it on GitHub and in-house recruiters often eat it up. I've never used a recruiter myself, but I've been sold "open source developers" that just happen to have a GitHub profile. If you just want work then I would highly recommend that you either find your local Rails user group (if you have one), or find any local companies that use Rails. If you have a local user group take a friend and you'll find plenty of opportunities to hear about who uses Rails, and possibly even talk to people that may be interested in hiring you.