rubyonrailsin

Absolutely. Ruby is just one language. It's a great one, but that
can't be the focus of your education. Most schools won't teach Ruby,
but if he wants to work in it he has several options while he's at
school:
1) work on his own side projects -- he should do this anyway, in many
languages, not just Ruby.
2) join or start a RUG (Ruby User Group) at his school
3) contribute to an open source Ruby project

Companies value personal experience as much, possibly more, than they
value the projects you do in school.

On Mar 25, 10:17 am, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 24 March 2010 22:29, Gramma44 <jimandir...@bresnan.net> wrote:
>
> > Hello, all! My son is applying to different colleges and is interested
> > in a possible career using the Ruby on Rails. Any suggestions as to
> > programs or colleges that would be a benefit? He would like to start
> > at the community college level and work his way up.
>
> I think that to aim from the start at a career in Rails would not be a
> good idea.  He will increase his chances of a good job if he has a
> broad education in computer science.  Find a course that covers the
> basic principles of computer science, software and web design and
> works up.  If you can find one that includes Ruby and Rails then that
> is a bonus.
>
> Colin

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