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Any details or evidence to back this up? I see more and more job opps for people with Ruby skills: startups, BigCos, Gov, nonprofits, I know longtime java shops that are rewriting their apps in Ruby.

I have worked with Ruby professionally for 5 years. From my perspective there is more opportunity now then years back, more high quality code being written, more problems can be solved in less time, etc

This is still a very exciting place to be. I have found being good at Ruby has provided the highest ROI of my career.