Olly Headey joined the show to talk with Elise about his recent blog post concerning the future of Ruby on Rails as a career. We discuss his post, some survey data, and talk about software developers might want to think about this question.

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Ruby on Rails as a career choice in 2023
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Episode 490: Ruby On Rails As A Career Choice with Olly Headey

The Ruby on Rails Podcast, a weekly conversation about Ruby on Rails, open source software, and the programming profession. Co-hosted by Elise Shaffer, Brian Mariani, Jemma Issroff and Nick Schwaderer. Edited by Peachtree Sound.

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Rails Camp West Website - https://west.railscamp.us

Big Nerd Ranch - https://bignerdranch.com/

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Episode 514: Rails Camp! With Bobbilee Hartman

Rails 7 and Hotwire have completely revolutionized server side Rails apps. Developers can now get much more reactivity with way less javascript, less tooling, and simpler deployments. You’ve probably heard a lot about Rails 7.1 and Hotwire. Maybe you’re even using it in production? Ayush Newatia joins the show to talk about his new book, The Rails and Howtire Codex.

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Radioactive Toy - https://radioactivetoy.tech

Rails and Hotwire Codex - https://railsandhotwirecodex.com

Folly Ayush on Ruby Social - https://ruby.social/@ayush

Listen to Ayush on The Just A Spec Podcast - https://justaspec.show

Rails and Hotwire Codex Link https://railsandhotwirecodex.com/

Episode 513: Modern Rails Apps Ayush Newatia

RailsConf is coming up fast! The program committee has released the schedule and keynote speakers. Ufuk Kayserilioglu joins the show to talk about the program and Ruby Central

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Kevin's blog post about RailsConf https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/tracks-not-at-railsconf-2024/
RailsConf website & registration https://railsconf.org/


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Episode 512: RailsConf With Ufuk Kayserilioglu

You may have heard about WebAssembly. It’s an open standard that aims to help developers create high performance applications on the web. It’s a portable binary execution format traditionally used on the front end, but there are also other ways to use it. I am completely new to WebAssembly, so today we have a guest to talk about it with us.

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Extism repo: https://github.com/extism/extism
WebAssembly MDN Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly
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Episode 511: WebAssembly with Benjamin Eckel

Burnout is a common occurrence in the tech industry. And the recent onslaught of layoffs have left many stressed about their job search, or overworked from the increased demands of the smaller teams. I know some of my listeners have experienced burnout. I myself have had a recent experience with burnout that took months to recover from. Dr. Katy Cook joins the show to teach us more about Burnout.

Show Notes

The Psychology of Silicon Valley (2019)


APA Studies on Burnout

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Episode 490: Ruby On Rails As A Career Choice with Olly Headey

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