From: Jared Nuzzolillo <onceuponapriori@...>
Date: 2005-08-16T23:45:57+09:00
Subject: Ruby for my new business?

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Hello list. I am in the process of starting a new business venture in South=
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Florida. My partners are handling the business and financial aspects=20
(product development, initial funding, etc) and they've asked me to be in=
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charge of the technical aspects. The company is primarily offering a=20
service; software is only the icing on the cake. But I do feel that it coul=
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make the difference between barely squeezing out a living, or large success=
.

So, I am expected to make nearly all of the technology decisions. My=20
background is in javascript. I've been using it to write server-side ASP=20
pages and client side DHTML for 6 years now. While many would scoff at the=
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idea of professional software being written in javascript, it is a very=20
dynamic, agile language and has served me quite well. But when I found Ruby=
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I almost instantly fell in love. It almost felt as if Matz looked at my top=
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ten language features list and implemented eight or nine of them.=20

I would LOVE to use Ruby for this new venture; the agility and efficiency i=
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will provide will be vital to our success. But, my biggest fear is that,=20
when I need to hire help (probably two more programmers in the next six to=
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eight months), I will be unable to find experienced Ruby practitioners. I a=
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familiar with the "Python Paradox" and I agree with the concepts behind it,=
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I am just wildly ignorant of the market conditions down here in South=20
Florida.

Most likely, I would have to have on-site programmers (I don't know that I=
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would have success in convincing my partners otherwise). When I start=20
searching for help in six to eight months, will I be able to find two or=20
more programmers in a timely manner (say, a month or so from when I begin=
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searching)? Have you had trouble finding Ruby programmers? Have you had any=
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luck enticing ruby hackers to relocate to your area?

My apologies for the long message.

Thanks so much,
Jared Nuzzolillo

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