I'm writing from my iPhone so excuse the shorter message. I agree that the soft skills are very important but if that's true it doesn't seem to be fully apprec

I'm writing from my iPhone so excuse the shorter message. I agree that the soft skills are very important but if that's true it doesn't seem to be fully appreciated I. The startup arena and seems to rely more on particular skillets more. For example I've applied to companies that use Rails and even though I know I can learn it within a short while I've always received a thanks but no thanks message even though my resume, and associated accomplishments short list, show how I've excelled at a wide variety of projects within my organization and been able to work well with a range of different personality types. So I feel because I'm not a "Rails" guy it holds me back. The other thing possibly, could be I can't really quantify the other usual requirement I see..."building at web scale". Since my organization doesn't really deal with that sort of traffic volume. Of course keeping on trying is always a good thing, but it's also a bit of a bummer to get the feeling that the skills and experience one has already acquired aren't really appreciated. If anyone would like to chat further I'll go ahead and check this thread a little later from my machine to give a thorough reply!