Ruby the programming language wasn't developed by DHH. It was developed by Matz ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_%28programming_language%29 ). Second sentence, first paragraph. Also, the guy was replying to a Craigslist ad. I'm not really sure what he was expecting.
You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
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Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#12Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#13if you are looking for a Senior PHP programmer or an algorithmic trading programmer let me know That is a very unusual mix of skills. Very unusual indeed.
There's a certain trepidation to learning a new stack, but if you've done one you can do another.
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#14Unless you signed a not disclosure document during the hiring process, I would have revealed the company name. It's time to point out this faulty processes, especially on company that have public stakeholders. Employees are often the most important assets, therefore the way you hire is crucial. If you get it wrong from begin with you can't expect much.
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#15Unless you signed a not disclosure document during the hiring process, I would have revealed the company name. It's time to point out this faulty processes, especially on company that have public stakeholders. Employees are often the most important assets, therefore the way you hire is crucial. If you get it wrong from begin with you can't expect much.
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#16Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#17Unless you signed a not disclosure document during the hiring process, I would have revealed the company name. It's time to point out this faulty processes, especially on company that have public stakeholders. Employees are often the most important assets, therefore the way you hire is crucial. If you get it wrong from begin with you can't expect much.
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#18The reality might be you were too old, too young, too smart, too stupid, wrong race, looked like the guy who ran off with the managers wife, who knows.
I would never expect to learn anything from a job rejection, or for that matter from a lost sale.
Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#19Re: You cannot have more than 10 years of experience in Rails
#20I would have answered back with some info and the reply from DHH Really This is the year I lost complete faith in the hiring process of companies