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by timrosenblatt 4289 days ago
Yes, you are good enough. Go apply, and never stop learning.

A more helpful answer: yes, if you've successfully done what you just said you did, you are absolutely good enough to apply for jobs. You might not get the first one, you might not get the second, but even if you don't get a job, you'll get information about what companies in your area expect (and there are very important regional differences).

Find Ruby meetups in your area. Go to them. There are many reasons why this is valuable. Trust me.

Make sure you know the libraries out there that people are using. https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/ is helpful.

Make sure you know a bunch of other programmers. Everyone gets stuck sometimes, being able to know who to turn to is important in any discipline.

Keep writing code, and keep publishing code. Practice good coding style, and ask other people for feedback.

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Just came across this, thank you. Self teaching myself now and constantly worrying about having x number of pages/apps going to show I know what I'm doing.