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FWIW, I've read several accounts of companies switching from Rails to PHP because they couldn't find enough developers (or didn't like negotiating with the few
by percept 17y ago
FWIW, I've read several accounts of companies switching from Rails to PHP because they couldn't find enough developers (or didn't like negotiating with the few available ones).
Of course good PHPers are probably busy too.
- dpnewman 17y agoWhy would there be something generalizable about rails programmers, or any language for that matter. Honestly, this whole notion always seems so out there.
- gloob 17y agoCulture. Obviously the generalization will be lossy - not all Ruby devs are the stereotypical super-ninja-rockstars, nor are all Java devs preoccupied with building the Leaning Tower of Layered Abstractions, but still. Culture matters.
- patio11 17y agodidn't like negotiating I have never heard of a company scrapping a business deal because the world ran out of lawyers or accountants. The problem isn't a lack of developers, the problem is a lack of developers at the price the company is willing to pay.