From: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com>
Date: 2005-05-12T02:40:06+09:00
Subject: Ruby job board, community support

Ruby is never a solitary skill, but when it is a primary skill it is 
indicative of a world view. People that think of themselves as 
primarily Ruby programmers really want to find work where Ruby is the 
primary means of development. Throwing those jobs into the morass of 
non-Ruby listings on general purpose job sites can only result in their 
getting lost and, at minimum, losing the significance of being a Ruby 
job.

Considering the size of the Ruby community, I think it would serve both 
halves of the Ruby employment equation to have a job board that is Ruby 
focused and to link to it from ruby-lang and a variety of other places.

Say what you will about other ways to increase Ruby's popularity, but 
nothing has the effect like people being paid to use it. The only 
downside I can think of is if there are no jobs to be found.

Are there other Ruby jobs out there? How are they advertised and 
filled? Does anyone else think there would be a benefit in having a 
Ruby-centric place for developers to post CVs and employers to post 
jobs?

I would very much like to have answers to these questions. I am willing 
to deploy a job board, but only if I am not the only one advertising 
and only if others in this community can see (and tell me) that there 
is a market.

I hope to hear from from you.

Dan