Comments on: Where are the Rails developers? http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/ Portrait & Wedding Photographer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Neil Blakey-Milner http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-82 Neil Blakey-Milner Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:18:41 +0000 http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-82 While I'm not the biggest fan of Ruby or Ruby on Rails, I might've bitten if I didn't already have a job programming Python. Finding _any_ sort of good programmer is hard at the moment - it's not that the skills don't exist, but that they're generally already deployed and they're not the ones getting fired or made to leave. Two of my former employers have spent months looking for good PHP programmers - you'd think there'd be more of them around given that there are more PHP programmers out there - but they've met with pretty low interest, and the interest they did get wasn't of the standard they wanted. So, don't give up, and be sure it's not that your choice of technology is limiting you. (I'd hate to see someone regress to a lowest-common-denominator language...) Neil While I’m not the biggest fan of Ruby or Ruby on Rails, I might’ve bitten if I didn’t already have a job programming Python.

Finding _any_ sort of good programmer is hard at the moment – it’s not that the skills don’t exist, but that they’re generally already deployed and they’re not the ones getting fired or made to leave.

Two of my former employers have spent months looking for good PHP programmers – you’d think there’d be more of them around given that there are more PHP programmers out there – but they’ve met with pretty low interest, and the interest they did get wasn’t of the standard they wanted.

So, don’t give up, and be sure it’s not that your choice of technology is limiting you. (I’d hate to see someone regress to a lowest-common-denominator language…)

Neil

]]> By: Nic http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-81 Nic Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:41:56 +0000 http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-81 A permanent position. We're hoping to find someone with 2-4 yrs of experience, with PHP plus random other languages. My posting to CLUG is at http://lists.clug.org.za/pipermail/clug-work/2007-March/000341.html A permanent position. We’re hoping to find someone with 2-4 yrs of experience, with PHP plus random other languages. My posting to CLUG is at http://lists.clug.org.za/pipermail/clug-work/2007-March/000341.html

]]> By: Stii http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-80 Stii Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:35:02 +0000 http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-80 So as a matter of interest, what do you offer money wise? Is it a contractual job or a permanent position? So as a matter of interest, what do you offer money wise? Is it a contractual job or a permanent position?

]]> By: Nic http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-79 Nic Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:53:47 +0000 http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-79 Admittedly our advertising has all been of the cheap or no-cost variety, eg gumtree, our own website, clug, etc, but there's been ZERO interest. I refuse to pay employment agencies extortionate fees, so next step is a paid ad on careerweb.co.za. Admittedly our advertising has all been of the cheap or no-cost variety, eg gumtree, our own website, clug, etc, but there’s been ZERO interest. I refuse to pay employment agencies extortionate fees, so next step is a paid ad on careerweb.co.za.

]]> By: Stii http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-78 Stii Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:50:28 +0000 http://www.nickcoyne.com/wp/2007/04/03/where-are-the-rails-developers/#comment-78 Hey Nic, The fact that you are willing to take on non-Rails experts and train them in Rails seems like a fantastic opportunity! I for one would love to take this opportunity, but I have my own business and are tied down in George, so for me to relocate is not really an option. Pity, since I would have loved the opportunity! As a matter of interest, where did you advertise? I cannot imagine any PHP devs NOT grabbing opportunities like these! Hey Nic,

The fact that you are willing to take on non-Rails experts and train them in Rails seems like a fantastic opportunity! I for one would love to take this opportunity, but I have my own business and are tied down in George, so for me to relocate is not really an option. Pity, since I would have loved the opportunity!

As a matter of interest, where did you advertise? I cannot imagine any PHP devs NOT grabbing opportunities like these!

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