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I've worked at places that hire folks with Ruby experience only (more difficult) and places that just hired the best available engineer and let them learn Ruby (easier but EXTREMELY mixed results - specifically lots of Java ppl insisting on writing Ruby that looks like Java and insisting upon using e.g. Spring conventions in Rails)

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This is super common, (and the mark of a bad programmer if you program the same in every language). What's funny is the opposite - people who get so into ruby that everything they write is cute and overthought - is actually worse.

Ruby is so powerful but simplicity is the best if other people are going to read and maintain your code. Go is great for this.

    Ruby is so powerful but simplicity is the best if 
    other people are going to read and maintain your code.

Amen. Keep it simple for a large shared Ruby application, such as a Rails app.

More advanced Ruby (writing your own operators/iterators/whatever, metaprogramming, extending the language itself, whatever) is best reserved for Ruby frameworks, not applications.

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