Hi Eaden, I would certainly attend a training/intro night.
Daniel On 4/11/2010, at 3:02 PM, Eaden McKee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Jared Armstrong > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey guys >> Been following this list for a few years now, though I think my last post >> was a couple of years back -- moved away from PHP to Ruby ;) >> Jared > > I'm in the same boat - I was the first poster to this list :) > I moved away from PHP completely for new development work to focus on > ruby on rails back in 2006. > > While rails is gaining popularity, I think the numbers of rails > developers in NZ is heavily outweighed by PHP developers. ( A stab in > the dark 50:1 ). > This causes a problem for many companies finding good rails > developers. I have a feeling this is due to PHP being a very common > language in education establishments for training. > > I'm interested to know if developers on this list considered learning > ruby on rails and if they did what were the roadblocks? > For me, I was 'throwing away' my years of PHP experience which was a > touch decision but not one I regret. > > Would anyone be interested in a training/intro night in Auckland? > > Eaden > -- > Webforce.co.nz > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
