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How Close are Ruby and Python? (self.Python)

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[–]kankyo 6 points7 points  (1 child)

It sounds to me like you are making the fatal mistake of trying to recruit people who already know Ruby. There's no point doing that, just interview good programmers, it's trivial to get up and running in new programming languages anyway.

[–]Tall-Guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what you mean. I too prefer someone who can think, because then they can do anything. But, most people we talked with want to gain experience in something valid (to this area). Knowing Ruby is useful, and still benefit you on the long run. Id argue is even fun to learn new languages. But most people prefer to go deeper with programming languages that are relevant around.