# Contracted Ruby Help **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 15, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793 "2006-09-15T15:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/1 "2006-09-15T15:03:24Z")
Hi everyone. I’m new to the Ruby world and am liking it so far. My company needs a little bit of help writing a handful of scripts to perform various tasks. They aren’t complicated scripts, we’re just busy with other projects. Is this an appropriate place to post help wanted ads? If not can you recommend a good place to look for ruby developers? I’ve checked out a lot of typical sites, like Craigs List (Gigs), but there isn’t much ruby action there. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/2 "2006-09-15T15:09:41Z")
Brandon C. wrote: > I’m new to the Ruby world and am liking it so far. Welcome! > Is this an appropriate place to post help wanted ads? I’ve seen people post some here, but I’ve never seen a single response. And they generally never bother posting twice. So I’d guess this is a particularly poor spot to try. I think mainly since this mailing list is world-wide and you are localized to a certain city. As for where… the standard job sites. If you want just a job done, try a coder-for-hire type of site, or if you’re looking for a staff member try hotjobs and places like that. ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/3 "2006-09-15T15:16:17Z")
Brandon C. wrote: > My company needs a little bit of help writing a handful of scripts to > perform various tasks. They aren’t complicated scripts, we’re just busy > with other projects. > > Is this an appropriate place to post help wanted ads? If not can you > recommend a good place to look for ruby developers? I’ve checked out a > lot of typical sites, like Craigs List (Gigs), but there isn’t much ruby > action there. That tells me you don’t live where I do. San Diego has quite a few Ruby on Rails gigs. You should confess your geographic location here, and you should attend users groups in your area. Attend for web development, and someone there will be learning Ruby. ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/4 "2006-09-15T15:19:10Z")
Brandon C. wrote: … > Is this an appropriate place to post help wanted ads? > … You should try [http://jobs.rubynow.com/](http://jobs.rubynow.com/) cheers ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/5 "2006-09-15T15:26:19Z")
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 10:10:31PM +0900, William C. wrote: > is world-wide and you are localized to a certain city. I imagine you never see replies because people would generally reply offlist to a job offer. As for not posting twice, maybe they are just happy with the person they hired? ;). Of course I don’t know any of this for certain, but this isn’t necessarily a _bad_ place to post job offerings, and theres less chaff to weed out compared to a traditional job site, since he knows he needs a ruby programmer. ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/6 "2006-09-15T17:00:31Z")
William C. wrote: > Brandon C. wrote: > > > I’m new to the Ruby world and am liking it so far. > > Welcome! > > > Is this an appropriate place to post help wanted ads? > > I’ve seen people post some here, but I’ve never seen a single response. > And they generally never bother posting twice. So I’d guess this is a > particularly poor spot to try. I think mainly since this mailing list > is world-wide and you are localized to a certain city. > > As for where… the standard job sites. If you want just a job done, > try a coder-for-hire type of site, or if you’re looking for a staff > member try hotjobs and places like that. Not to dis this posters answer, but what does “local” really mean these days. If a coder is “off planet”, then I would be a little worried about latency issues, but barring that, I would say we are all “local” nowdays. I’ve only met two or three coders who were interesting to look at, and in the unlikely event you need to look at one there is always video chat. Of all the areas of human endeavor that could divest themselves of this silly notion of “locality”, one would think that sofware development would be among the first. jp ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/7 "2006-09-15T16:44:44Z")
On 9/15/06, Brandon C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi everyone. Hi Brandon. 🙂 > [snip] > > Is this an appropriate place to post help wanted ads? My guess would be that it’s off-topic here. > If not can you > recommend a good place to look for ruby developers? I’ve checked out a > lot of typical sites, like Craigs List (Gigs), but there isn’t much ruby > action there. I tend to use [dice.com](http://dice.com). One place I worked at was looking for someone, and dice was the most expensive for the ad, but seemed to get good results. I like dice as a job-seeker b/c there’s no ads or spam associated with it. Joel on Software also has a job board you might look at [http://jobs.joelonsoftware.com/](http://jobs.joelonsoftware.com/) . The [rubynow.com](http://rubynow.com) site doesn’t have much info about itself, and still seems somewhat beta. —John ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/8 "2006-09-15T19:04:13Z")
Hey guys. Thanks for the suggestions. We found some help. He repsonded off the list. This time around we just needed help writing a couple stand alone scripts. Scheduled task kind of stuff. In the future we’ll check out the recommended sites. ---
**Author:** ![metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@metrix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/metrix)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/contracted-ruby-help/68793/9 "2006-09-15T17:13:42Z")
Jeff P. wrote: > Not to dis this posters answer, but what does “local” really mean these > days. > > If a coder is “off planet”, then I would be a little worried about > latency issues, but barring that, I would say we are all “local” > nowdays. Most companies care, whether they should or not. All the recent Ruby want-ads here have stated location and either said they were looking for locals, or were willing to relocate them. Only 1 of them suggested they might be able to work from a distance, and even they said that they were looking for someone in their area so that occasional face-to-face gatherings would be easier. And I’m going to be honest… I work best in an office environment. At least, so far. That may change over time, but since it’s always been true, I doubt it. > Of all the areas of human endeavor that could divest themselves of this > silly notion of “locality”, one would think that sofware development > would be among the first. > > jp I hear you there. I can only think of 1 job less restricted to location, and that’s ‘medical transcriptionist.’ Heh.