Comments on: Rails – do you want fries with that? http://ifbywhiskey.com/blog/2007/04/20/acts_as_french_fries/ choose your poison Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Darrin Wortlehock http://ifbywhiskey.com/blog/2007/04/20/acts_as_french_fries/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Darrin Wortlehock Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:44:12 +0000 http://ifbywhiskey.com/?p=3#comment-1173 While I agree that the pay rates for Rails consultants has been lower than that for J2EE and the like in the past, it is definitely changing. I have noticed that demand for *experienced* Ruby on Rails developers is going through the roof as more enterprise projects wake up to the undeniable competitive advantage that Rails represents. While I agree that the pay rates for Rails consultants has been lower than that for J2EE and the like in the past, it is definitely changing. I have noticed that demand for experienced Ruby on Rails developers is going through the roof as more enterprise projects wake up to the undeniable competitive advantage that Rails represents.

]]> By: Al Lee (Dr. Salary) http://ifbywhiskey.com/blog/2007/04/20/acts_as_french_fries/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Al Lee (Dr. Salary) Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:14:12 +0000 http://ifbywhiskey.com/?p=3#comment-85 The low pay for Ruby on Rails is likely because the positions requiring the skill are not for experienced developers. See my <a href="http://blogs.payscale.com/ask_dr_salary/2008/01/software-develo.html" rel="nofollow">post</a>, where I discuss our data that fewer experienced developers are using Ruby on Rails. While the data are for the US, I suspect the UK has similar dynamics. PayScale.com only has a little data on Ruby on Rails pay in the UK, but we are always collecting <a href="http://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Skill=Ruby_on_Rails/Salary" rel="nofollow">more</a>. Cheers, Al Lee (Dr. Salary) The low pay for Ruby on Rails is likely because the positions requiring the skill are not for experienced developers.

See my post, where I discuss our data that fewer experienced developers are using Ruby on Rails.

While the data are for the US, I suspect the UK has similar dynamics.

PayScale.com only has a little data on Ruby on Rails pay in the UK, but we are always collecting more.

Cheers, Al Lee (Dr. Salary)

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