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Re:Ruby Is Still a Diamond by throw_m239339 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:19AM (#28392357)
> FWIW, I had a call with a recruiter a couple days ago who claimed that the most expensive candidates to find at the moment are Rails people.

Maybe in USA. In Europe, Rails has been far less popular. Now I imagine expensive candidates means the ability to work on decade old Rails codebases from previous versions, which means with a lot of Rails experience.

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Re:Ruby Is Still a Diamond by MattGaiser on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:25AM (#28392434)
Specifically asked about this. Mixture of old codebases and new.

Half the companies using it are 1-2 years old according to him. Lots of 10 person startup teams just fresh off a raise.

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