On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:29 PM, xyz wrote: > Is there enough business for one man operations out there?
There is a *huge* amount of business out there. I do Java, Groovy/Grails, C#, ColdFusion and Python and I'm pretty well known in the Groovy and Java communities as I speak at a bunch of conferences, but these days most of my projects are in Ruby/Rails and I'm turning down projects on a regular basis. It always helps if you have good client communication skills, know agile processes (kanban, scrum, lean, etc), understand best practices for requirements and estimation and do a good job of managing your projects. It's a real bonus if you understand architecting for scale, know about NoSQL data stores, and have a handle on writing APIs for mobile and are at least proficient with jQuery, CSS and HTML5. It's nice if you have a good testing story and are comfortable with cucumber, capybara, factory_girl, rspec and vcr with fakeweb, and you want to be competent with the really common gems - Devise, Cancan, OmniAuth, Paperclip, etc. And ideally you'll have a craftsmans feel for good naming, separation of concerns, open/closed classes and API design. But honestly, if you've finished Rails for Zombies, don't swear at your clients (unless they deserve it :) ) and can almost hold a conversation you'll probably be overloaded with work. Best Wishes, Peter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
