From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2002-09-02T00:58:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby jobs


"Phlip" <phlip_cpp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:sgnc9.117$G_3.44837954@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com...
> Rubies:
>
> This language has been so danged fun I have overlooked learning one tiny
> detail about it:
>
> Is anyone, like, making money writing Ruby programs yet? Not the books or
> speeches; the actual "Value Added" thing.
>
> Surveys, anyone?

Speaking of surveys - I actually advocated heavily for using Ruby as the
core scripting language for Survey Software. We ended up writing our own
Visual Basic clone which is also fine as the important stuff is in the
components accessible from the script, not the script itself. I just think
it would have been a lot cooler with Ruby.

But no I'm not making any money out of Ruby I just waste a lot of time on
it. To me most of the value in Ruby turns out to be the people interested in
Ruby - more than Ruby itself - in the sense that I learn a lot about new
technologies through Ruby. YAML, Fast-CGI, Judy, Fox, Eclipse to mention but
a few.

Mikkel