I can get around in Rails but I'm strongest with just pure Ruby at the moment (and a bit of C, Java, PHP, etc). I understand social networks and I've done quite a bit of published research on that front. I understand customer needs and how to reach them. Analytics, datamining and split testing are fun. I like beautiful code, user accessibility, and feel that good SEO is a natural result from good coding practices and practical sense. I know how to structure advertising campaigns and what works and what doesn't. I understand how to shape a product and make decisions for building a strong infrastructure. The key is having a good product with a clear message. User data privacy is important to me. I look good in a suit, and VCs seem to like me. I can learn anything needed, and I'll love doing it. I don't mind working long hard hours and enjoy being challenged to the degree that I get bored easily if not challenged. I'm good with people and can lead a team effectively. I've got experience from working with a handful of companies now. I'm young and have few prior commitments, enabling frequent traveling when needed. I thrive off networking and knowing everyone in the room. I like taking risk. I have solid references.
About the only thing holding me back a little bit is that I've recently moved to Columbus, Ohio and I'm committed to being here for the next few years while my girlfriend finishes her PhD. At the same time, I've worked remotely for several companies and it rarely poses an issue.
Yet, I see many startups looking for a CTO or lead programmer who is the kung fu master of the code. I can understand any code you show me, but I'm more of a hybrid of marketing, business and development than just a pure developer.
I know this guy.
He's self-taught, freakishly intelligent, and has long-since learned that he can either come in at nine, put up with rules which stifle his effectiveness, and make pennies of the value he drives, or he can run his own business, answer for his results only, and earn appreciable percentages of the value he drives. And he drives a lot of value indeed. ($200k is too low.)
If you want to work with this guy, you want him as a cofounder. Fair warning: so does everybody else, and he's kind of "meh" on the idea.
Of interest to everybody else: you want to be this guy. It is a body of skill which can be learned, and it will only take a few years and a lot of experimentation. And after you do that, the world is your oyster.