From: Jason Voegele <jason@...>
Date: 2002-07-18T10:55:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Selling ruby to my boss

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?
>
Tell him there are lots of people on the ruby-talk mailing list who 
would love a Ruby programming job.  You can mention my name first if 
you'd like. ;-)

-- 
Jason Voegele
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us."
    -- Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun