From: David Alan Black Date: 2002-07-18T10:33:16+09:00 Subject: Re: Selling ruby to my boss Hi -- On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Francis Hwang wrote: > So I've just started working as the sole programmer at a non-profit > which is heavily internet-based. Most of the code is in PHP or Perl, > and I would like to gradually migrate it to Ruby over time. > > I get a lot of leeway in this job, but this sort of a decision is > probably the sort of thing I'd have to justify to my boss, who's > likely to be nervous about it. Not about my ability to be more > productive with Ruby, but with the fact that Ruby is an uncommon > language compared to PHP and Perl. So if I get hit by a truck, or if > the organization expands and needs to hire new programmers, or when > we're looking for interns, it will be harder to find programmers who > know Ruby. > > Anybody have any advice as to what I can say him to make him less > nervous about making such a transition? One thing you might mention is the recent Intel job posting for a Perl or Ruby programmer. (I'm not a big Intel fan, but it's certainly mainstream.) David -- David Alan Black home: dblack@candle.superlink.net work: blackdav@shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav