# Ruby and Rails Ruined my life **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 14, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147 "2007-05-14T19:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147/1 "2007-05-14T19:17:36Z")
I’m a PHP developer by trade. I work w/ MVC architecture with a framework built by a friend of mine. And I used to think it was amazind developing with it. And in a backwards fashion, I met rails… Who introduced me to Ruby. My social life is suffering and working with PHP every day drives me nuts 😉 ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147/2 "2007-05-14T19:37:38Z")
You are not alone… And I must use a PHP clone of Rails: Symfony. Paul ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147/3 "2007-05-14T20:01:43Z")
On 5/14/07, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m a PHP developer by trade. I work w/ MVC architecture with a > framework built by a friend of mine. And I used to think it was > amazind developing with it. > > And in a backwards fashion, I met rails… Who introduced me to Ruby. > My social life is suffering and working with PHP every day drives me > nuts 😉 Rails ruined my [asp.net](http://asp.net) career. It happens. – Rick O. [http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com) [http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net) [http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147/4 "2007-05-14T20:18:44Z")
and in a few years, we’ll move to something else 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147/5 "2007-05-14T20:52:49Z")
It is the way of IT. We start something new and fresh. We swallow a hundreds of pages, documents, technical specifications and then … move on. I do not know about you but I am a problem solver. That is what I like to do and that is what I am doing for the last 10+ years in this IT industry. I like to learn to use a new tool and to solve problems in a new intelligent creative manner. There is no prettier picture than to see a world from a new perspective. Is it hard? I can’t tell. I do it every day, almost every spare moment and I like it. It is my profession but most of all it is my passion and my hobby. Hobby can’t be hard. The only certain thing in life is the change. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-and-rails-ruined-my-life/104147/6 "2007-05-14T21:15:51Z")
I agree 100% I get bored when things are too easy, or too routine.