Ruby (and Rails) is as relevant as ever. The hype about it has died down, just like the hype of Java was dying when Ruby was becoming the Next Big Thing. Is Jav

Ruby (and Rails) is as relevant as ever. The hype about it has died down, just like the hype of Java was dying when Ruby was becoming the Next Big Thing. Is Java still relevant today? (Yes) The hype around the technologies of today (Objective-C, Node.js) will die in a few years as well, it is unlikely that these languages will become irrelevant. One of the great things about Rails these days is that many of the startups that were founded during the hype period of Ruby are now established companies: Twitter, Shopify, Groupon, Github, LivingSocial, Zendesk. If startups are not your thing, these are just a few examples of many larger companies looking (desperately) for people with Ruby on Rails talent.