From: ChrisO Date: 2004-09-16T08:19:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Ex-Perl coders: Howz it feel to convert to Ruby? Phil Tomson wrote: > In article <20040915160327.GA4046@lb.tenfour>, > Dick Davies wrote: > >>* Chris [0954 15:54]: >> >>>I didn't even think about asking this question until now, based on a >>>paragraph I wrote in another thread, so I thought I would ask... >> >>>.....I've finally decided that the only way is to ween >>>myself off of Perl and just start using Ruby all the way. >> >>Good on you boy, although your family will starve :) >>I am still 'Writing Perl for Food', though I hope to start sneaking Ruby under >>the radar here now that I've settled in and earned some credit. > > > Actually things are changing. This place is hiring Ruby programmers for > Rails work, for example: > http://robotcoop.com/ > > I know of another Ruby job that is probably still open in my area as well. > > I'd vote for making a clean break from Perl. It might be that learning > Ruby and Rails will actually turn out to be a good career move (let's > hope). > Actually, you've voiced something openly here that I am privately hoping. It's getting more and more difficult to keep my rates up when people can place jobs out for bid and have someone in India or Russia with an Masters degree in Computer Science complete the work in PHP, Perl or Java for rates that I can't touch. I'm hoping to tap into a "niche" market. One that perhaps doesn't exist yet, but maybe it should. Ruby is really incredible IMO. If I had have a chance of bringing it into my full-time workplace, I most certainly would. Maybe down the road, which is precisely the point. -ceo