From: Jonan Scheffler Date: 2013-08-08T09:58:38-07:00 Subject: Re: Pure Ruby Jobs --089e0158bab4cab28404e3729174 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm on the ruby agent team at NewRelic and we need people to write pure Ruby. I am required to have knowledge of web frameworks like Rails and Sinatra in order to serve our customer base but the code I write day to day, and by far the most important competency for a Ruby Agent Engineer, is Ruby. My point is that there are plenty of opportunities within web companies to work outside of a web stack if you so choose. Don't assume that companies using Rails need every engineer to work with that part of the stack fulltime. We're hiring for a Ruby Agent Engineer at NewRelic right now. Email me if you're curious. On Aug 8, 2013 8:49 AM, "Garance A Drosehn" wrote: > One thing for "pure ruby" jobs is that few places are going to say "We > need people to write pure ruby. We don't care what you're writing, just = as > long as it's pure ruby". > > They're much more likely to have some specific package in mind. Rails is > one such (extremely well known) package, but you could look for others. > Companies using Puppet, for instance. Or they're going to have some > specific end-product in mind ("we're writing a new sys-admin tool"), and > they will be more concerned with your experience with that type of projec= t > than they are in hiring a ruby expert. > > I'm afraid my observations don't make the search much easier. > > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Feng He wrote: > >> Since you discuss the ruby job here, I follow this thread to say that if >> you have the interest on pure ruby job, please contact with me. We are >> doing the automation system like Puppet. We would also use a framework f= or >> web development, but that could be no rails. >> >> =E4=BA=8E 2013-1-9 14:44, David Gamba =E5=86=99=E9=81=93: >> >> Another field you might be interested in is QA automation. Specifically >>> using watir webdriver, a web automation tool in ruby ( and other >>> languages) that allows you to automate most browsers. >>> It is superior to Perls mechanize because it allows testing js. >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Garance Alistair Drosehn =3D drosihn@gmail.com > Senior Systems Programmer > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA > --089e0158bab4cab28404e3729174 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I'm on the ruby agent team at NewRelic and we need peopl= e to write pure Ruby.

I am required to have knowledge of web frameworks like Rails= and Sinatra in order to serve our customer base but the code I write day t= o day, and by far the most important competency for a Ruby Agent Engineer, = is Ruby.

My point is that there are plenty of opportunities within we= b companies to work outside of a web stack if you so choose. Don't assu= me that companies using Rails need every engineer to work with that part of= the stack fulltime.

We're hiring for a Ruby Agent Engineer at NewRelic right= now. Email me if you're curious.

On Aug 8, 2013 8:49 AM, "Garance A Drosehn&= quot; <drosihn@gmail.com> wr= ote:
One thing for "pure ruby" jobs is that few place= s are going to say "We need people to write pure ruby. =C2=A0We don= 9;t care what you're writing, just as long as it's pure ruby".=

They're much more likely to have some specific package i= n mind. =C2=A0Rails is one such (extremely well known) package, but you cou= ld look for others. =C2=A0Companies using Puppet, for instance. =C2=A0Or th= ey're going to have some specific end-product in mind ("we're = writing a new sys-admin tool"), and they will be more concerned with y= our experience with that type of project than they are in hiring a ruby exp= ert.

I'm afraid my observations don't make the searc= h much easier.


On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Feng He <= fenghe@nsbeta.info<= /a>> wrote:
Since you discuss the ruby job here, I follo= w this thread to say that if you have the interest on pure ruby job, please= contact with me. We are doing the automation system like Puppet. We would = also use a framework for web development, but that could be no rails.

=E4=BA=8E 2013-1-9 14:44, David Gamba =E5=86=99=E9=81=93:

Another field you might be interested in is QA automation. Specifically
using watir webdriver, a web automation tool in ruby ( and other
languages) that allows you to automate most browsers.
It is superior to Perls mechanize because it allows testing js.





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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 Troy, NY;=C2=A0 USA
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