[ozziegooen]

I've been job hunting for a while as a sort of "Junior Rails Dev", and am finding it near impossible to find a job at a startup. I really question which companies will train people in some startup-heavy technologies like Rails and Node.

[vinceguidry]

Startups aren't the place for junior devs in any technology stack. What you need is an established, profitable small business that's NOT a tech startup. The company I work for sells makeup. You'll probably inherit a broken pile of shit, spend a year or two cleaning it up, refactoring, and upgrading to the newest stack. Take the opportunity to learn best practices and CS theory and use them in your job. When you're done, consider yourself ready for a more serious job.