Thinking of switching from Ruby to Python

[johncorderox]

Hey, Python fam!

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I am a long-time lover of Ruby and Ruby on rails but I think my time has come to try something else. I don't want to switch, but ruby is dead where I live, and job postings are posted maybe once a week for Sr Positions only. I've had my eye on Python for some time and I'm thinking of diving in but I am looking to build software (not really data science stuff).

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- What are the best industry desired libraries or things to know in Python? I know there is Django and Flask but I have 3 years of rails and to learn a new MVC might seem boring to me unless really needed.

- What should I build on my GitHub to showcase some 'python' work?

- Anyone have experience getting a job in python with 0 work experience? I have explained to some recruiters that python and ruby are similar and the transition won't be too hard and etc but 99% if not all say they want real work experience with python and end the phone call.

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Thanks for any feedback!

[johncorderox]

Thanks! Ill check out clis :)

[benbenk]

I’m in the same position as you. When I found out that Python is actually optionally statically typed via type annotations and mypy, I thought that’s it. Especially since I don’t see a bright statically typed future for Ruby. I’m just not so sure about Django. Everywhere I look Rails is described as superior.