# .Net Developer wants to volunteer at RoR project **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 22, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-developer-wants-to-volunteer-at-ror-project/50922 "2005-12-22T21:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-developer-wants-to-volunteer-at-ror-project/50922/1 "2005-12-22T21:39:49Z")
Hi, having read “my job went to india” I decided to quit programming within the Microsoft environment and start something different… So, is there any RubyOnRails project that in exchange for “reviving” me needs a loyal (code) contributor? Thanks in advance Michael ---
**Author:** ![wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-developer-wants-to-volunteer-at-ror-project/50922/2 "2005-12-23T01:03:59Z")
On 12/22/05, Kyle M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > generating patches. > I don’t think he’s offering to work on RoR, I think he’s offering to > work on a project that uses RoR. Probably a big difference. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-developer-wants-to-volunteer-at-ror-project/50922/3 "2005-12-22T23:24:35Z")
On 12/22/05, Michael S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) If you go to [dev.rubyonrails.com](http://dev.rubyonrails.com), you can take a look at the outstanding bugs and feature requests, as well as instructions for generating patches. – Kyle M. Chief Technologist E Factor Media // FN Interactive removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 1-866-263-3261 ---
**Author:** ![wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-developer-wants-to-volunteer-at-ror-project/50922/4 "2005-12-23T01:51:36Z")
Michael S. wrote: > Hi, > having read “my job went to india” I decided to quit programming within > the Microsoft environment and start something different… Check out [softiesonrails.com](http://softiesonrails.com) and let us know what you think. A colleague of mine and I are also coming from the Microsoft realm trying to transition to the Rails world and started a blog to help others make the transition too. So any comments or suggestions for topics would be very welcome. And best of luck. I think you’ll find the Ruby community a pretty warm one. Jeff ---
**Author:** ![wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-developer-wants-to-volunteer-at-ror-project/50922/5 "2005-12-23T01:13:02Z")
Hello Michael, I can’t tell you how happy I am to see your post! Not good for you (or me) but I am relieved to see I’m not the only one affected by the offshore model. I’m sure there are plenty of offshore people that read these posts and this isn’t meant to insult them, but to let them know that the model has definitely affected those of us who got to live the good years in software consulting! The global economy has changed lots of things and will continue to do so. Just so happens, the company I work for will be utilizing those lowered salaries from a different country to help do some telemarketing! I came from the .NET world myself I will say that I like rails (and ruby) even though I find myself completely ignorant to a world outside of Microsoft. My biggest learning curve hasn’t been with Rails, but with Ruby and, more specifically, the vast array of choices. By choices, I mean which web server to use, which OS to use, and if Linux, then the whole slew of stuff that comes with that. This is NOT an easy migration for a Microsoft guy and it is very humbling to go from being able to do almost anything in the Microsoft world to being completely lost and having to rely on these groups for answers. But… I’m still here! It is the future (and partly the here-and-now) and it is worth the learning curve. In my 10 years of developing applications, I didn’t once make a post to a newsgroup or forum except when I started tackling BizTalk all by myself. In the short time I have been playing around with open source software, it is the only thing that has saved me. I’m completely blown away by the support of the groups and the quality of information they supply. I work from home and lack the kind of support one might find in a corporate environment. I lack the core knowledge of these systems that you gain by being around others who can “show you the tricks.” I’m a one-man-shop and it is intimidating. But the community is great and it always helps whenever I have raised a question. On another note, I now exclusively use OpenOffice, I have a fully functional PBX running on Asterisk and another server running on a totally free software stack thanks to the open source community. I never reboot the linux machines (that was just so uncomfortable at first, but really, you don’t need to reboot them) and I have managed to hack together a pretty cool little “CRM” app in Rails that we use to run the business. While it is still in its infancy, it is functional and relatively bug free. I “build as I go” and it is amazingly simple. For all the hell that scaffolding gets, it is actually a very nice feature when you need to add functionality on the fly and make it look prettier and function more properly later on. Next on my list: RAGI (Ruby Asterisk Gateway Interface) integration with my rails app. Wish me luck! I used to consider myself a “techie” - but I was so wrong. That was also very humbling… The people you will find in these groups are definitely more technical than I ever thought of being - even though I was architecting large-scale applications. Anyway, welcome! Sorry for the long reply. I hope you find a great Open Source project to work on. If not, then consider helping me build a vTiger / SugarCRM replacement on Rails! That is one of my goals as soon as I find some spare time…hopefully noone beats me to it! 🙂 What a great open source project that would be for the ROR community! Best of luck! Michael Michael S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: Hi, having read “my job went to india” I decided to quit programming within the Microsoft environment and start something different… So, is there any RubyOnRails project that in exchange for “reviving” me needs a loyal (code) contributor? Thanks in advance Michael – Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wickie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wickie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-developer-wants-to-volunteer-at-ror-project/50922/6 "2005-12-23T16:04:41Z")
On 12/22/05, Michael S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > having read “my job went to india” I decided to quit programming within > the Microsoft environment and start something different… Awesome. That’s an excellent book. > So, is there any RubyOnRails project that in exchange for “reviving” me > needs a loyal (code) contributor? You’re more than welcome to help out with eXPlainPMT ([http://explainpmt.com](http://explainpmt.com)). – Regards, John W. > **[John Wilger](http://johnwilger.com)** > > The personal website of John Wilger; Dad, Cyclist, Software Developer * * * Alice came to a fork in the road. “Which road do I take?” she asked. “Where do you want to go?” responded the Cheshire cat. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.” - Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland