[LRUG] Ruby Jobs

[Kenneth Lee]

Thanks for sharing that George, I missed that TED talk... (literally 
just this second a recruiter emails me with a Ruby on Rails Developer, 
hmmmm).

I also would like to mention that the best work I've ever done is when 
I'm surrounded by amazing people. If I were to be looking to move, I 
want to be in an environment that have people loving their work, 
creativity/productivity just goes in overdrive. But it's very hard to 
find nowadays since any skill around is diluted to running teams 
themselves. For me this is above a sensible salary in compromise. (Sorry 
Rich, this is obviously not inspiring confidence - we're all just 
ranting wanting a better work environment :)

George Palmer wrote:
>> Seconded: it's a great book (now reading his second, the Seven Day Weekend).
>>
>> Also check out Dan Pink on motivation:
>> http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html
>>
>> Bottom line though: a) good people are expensive, and b) it's worth the money.
>
> As one of the more expensive freelancers out there price is something
> that interests me a lot and I've read around a fair bit.  Right now in
> London there's a lack of skill and simple supply and demand will
> dictate that price will rise, as has happened the last few years.  As
> Ruby becomes more widespread and penetration into the corporates
> starts (this is starting now), quantity of skill will rise and
> wages/day rates will stabilise.  There is always the question of
> whether paying for a mid-level dev or a senior dev is better value for
> money though.  It's a difficult question to answer for which I don't
> have a conclusive answer as a lot depends on what the company is
> after.  Falling into the later camp though the feedback I consistently
> hear from clients is I'm more than worth the extra due the experience
> I bring (less mistakes) and increased productivity (this is admittedly
> a personal trate as I obsess over productivity, batching up email,
> twitter, rss checking etc).  The last point is quite important as it
> makes sense for a business to pay 20% extra if the increase in
> productivity is 25%.  This numbers aren't easy to measure though and
> it's quite difficult to quiz somebody about their productivity in an
> interview!
>
> The TED talk is well worth a look and highlights how important a good
> working environment and focus is.  The correlation between my day rate
> and motivation for a project once past the first few weeks* is small.
>
> Also the perfect opportunity to plug my freelance availability after
> christmas :)
>
> George
>
> * - I always find the first week or two interesting - getting to know
> the app, getting to know the new team, examining others code, making
> recommendations for improvements etc
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