[lagniappe]

> Looking for a job right now, not limited to any specific language, and I see Ruby mentioned plenty of times.

This furthers the point. By stating a lot of companies are looking for Ruby (something that doesn't match my experience when looking) is not a testament that it is hot and in-demand, it is a testament that those roles are not being filled. Senior devs don't make senior dev money doing junior dev work. My assertion is that the majority of Rails is CRUD development that only gets difficult when you step off the golden path- ergo, those positions go unfilled and outnumber their statistical representation in what would be called 'production Rails applications'

[arp242]

What does "hot and in-demand" even mean, exactly? All I'm saying is that based on my (admittedly limited and vague) dataset there seem to be plenty of companies happily running on Ruby (some with Rails, some without) and that "FAANG-type companies we all heard of aren't using it that much any more" doesn't actually mean all that much.

I'm not really sure what your point about senior/junior devs or "roles are not being filled" is.

(aside: please don't delete your post and post exactly the same identical post again to clear the downvotes on it).