From: Hassan Schroeder Date: 2011-01-01T06:43:40+09:00 Subject: Re: Should I learn Ruby? On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Din Ibbles wrote: > I've taken another look at the ruby and ruby on rails jobs going in my > area, and its only about 5 jobs being advertised tops. Do you need more than one? :-) > I should explain. I live in England at the moment and I am in the south > of the country. I would say that Winchester/Southampton/Portsmouth are > the closest cities to me regards travelling, I don't drive you see. But > seeing a major lack of jobs for Ruby, makes me wonder about the validity > of carrying on with learning it. That would more accurately be "lack of jobs in my area", eh? Have you considered relocating to someplace with a denser tech company presence? Even if only temporarily? > Now I suppose the other route is freelance via one of the many freelance > portals? Or telecommuting, which is fairly common (at least in the US). HTH, and good luck, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroeder@gmail.com twitter: @hassan