Maybe I missed the memo, but it seems like every other job post I'm looking at requires Ruby on Rails experience (okay maybe slight exaggeration, but still it's alot!). I thought Ruby had its hay day and though I know it's still used, don't remember it being this popular before relatively recent times? I could just be out of the loop, but questions: 1. Is Ruby on Rails becoming a new hot skill in the current market? 2. What are the best resources for learning Ruby on Rails quickly so I can try to apply for some of these positions (not as a specialist, but as a secondary skill in addition to my primary skills matching the others in the job description)? Note: I already have experience with backend using other frameworks and have read a book on Ruby in the past (I have no professional experience with it though). Further Note: I am not looking at Big Tech and FAANG type companies (which are generally tech agnostic anyways). But....pretty much anyone and everyone else.
Hell no please.
Believe me I don't want yet another thing to learn, but after seeing so many postings with the requirement, I'm willing to go where the market wants me to.
Most of the companies have their legacy code in Ruby and hence the requirements. Flexport, Stripe and few more good startups use ruby.
Makes sense. I started my daily job search this morning and came across yet another positing asking for Ruby on Rails so that inspired this post to see if I just missed out on some recent trend.
Don't forget his cousin Groovy on Rails (aka Grails)
Have no idea what the hell that is and do not want to know
Groovy is a much worse technology
1. No 2. See first answer
I'll wait for more input, but yeah that's what I thought. I've been applying to jobs everyday and I keep coming across positions requiring Ruby on Rails, so I'm wondering what the hell is going on and if I missed something.
That should clue you in to that work being on legacy spaghetti code. They're hiring because no one else wants to work on it.