IMHO, he did say you'll be passable as a junior dev(depends on the person's potential i guess). I think that this would be enough for most companies, especially if they think you have great potential and can grow/learn exponentially(like be a senior in 6 or less months)
There are some projects that don't need senior devs THAT much, like basic CRUD apps, etc. And you'll be "continuing" your studies under the company's mentors/senior devs.
So yes, I think 8 weeks of studying RoR can make someone useful to a company. Not all, but probably one that needs juniors
The main reason I asked, and why I'm a little skeptical, is I see a lot of places (in the Los Angeles area) that require additional knowledge in a myriad of other technologies; MySql, JavaScript, Html etc. along with Ruby/Rails or Python/Django.
I apologize for sounding brash, but this sounds a little too good to be true, almost DeVry ITtech ish...
There are some projects that don't need senior devs THAT much, like basic CRUD apps, etc. And you'll be "continuing" your studies under the company's mentors/senior devs.
So yes, I think 8 weeks of studying RoR can make someone useful to a company. Not all, but probably one that needs juniors