the first guy is currently learning rails in order to make a start on his first startup, but appreciates that ultimately he 's gonna be rather disadvantaged trying to code something complex with no experience.

the second guy is not "on the lookout for web design jobs", he wants to find people that are cuz he has too many people asking him if he knows anyone that can do it.

the third guy was joking, i assume. he co-founded the site, after all..