[LRUG] [JOBS] Rails contractor for MVP - Remote but London based

Thu Feb 6 05:06:56 PST 2025

Would love to do more Ruby, one of my fav languages, but seems like there's hardly anything around, especially since the economic downturn a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, I’m doing more J/TS these days, and relearning Python, not a fan of either tbh. Used to love diving into my IDE, now it feels kinda gross 😬😄

So, as we’re looking for more talks, and if anyone’s feeling altruistic enough to spill the tea, how about a talk on finding Ruby work at best…or, drippiest…rates?

If anyone’s feeling inspired, I even came up with an idea for a title slide to get you started…

“PRETTY MUCH BROKE?!? OHHH NAHHH—That Ain’t The DRIP! Let’s Get These CONTRACTS STACKED, SON!”

PS James, you’re certainly well qualified, that’s one of the highest rates I’ve ever seen, total rockstar 🙌

> On 1 Feb 2025, at 13:56, James Darling <james at abscond.org> wrote:
> 
> I often advise that day rate/salary/seniority isn't just based on technical skill, but a focus on delivering value to the client through good communication skills, working well with non-technical team members, and an ability and willingness to work in uncertain and sometimes difficult environments.
> 
> But also good adherence to professional etiquette, such as not sending a private email to 100s of other people. It's good to know that I still have room for growth.
> 
> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 at 12:58, Wilson <wilson.dsigns at gmail.com <mailto:wilson.dsigns at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I've done £425, £500, £550 and £625 for a few months. My best and longest gig was £700 for 3 years. Then I went to Thailand to start my own thing. When I returned to Europe, during the Great Depression Of Ruby Contracts, there were no contracts and I had to go permanent.
>> 
>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 10:56 Toby Privett <toby at snaplab.co.uk <mailto:toby at snaplab.co.uk>> wrote:
>>> My freelance rate - 500/day - hasn’t changed in years. Might go some way to explaining why I have so much work on. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 at 08:46, Najaf Ali <ali.najaf at gmail.com <mailto:ali.najaf at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> Would definitely be interested in hearing peoples experiences and thoughts on this. I sometimes feel like my entire programming career was a ZIRP. Quite enjoying my life as a Japanese salaryman these days though.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM Patrick Gleeson <patrick.c.gleeson at gmail.com <mailto:patrick.c.gleeson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> Leaning in to this, I'd love to get a feel for what the Ruby contractor market is like at the moment. My last contracting gig (which was also my first contracting gig), was a couple of years on £700/day (but inside IR35 so the headline figure is a bit misleading). I'd love to hear what the range of going rates is at the moment (to be clear, I've got my next thing lined up so this is purely curiosity on my part combined with the general belief that breaking the taboo of discussing compensation is occasionally healthy).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Patrick
>>>>> I don't know what I'm doing, I just make it up as I go along <https://patrickgleeson.com/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, 11:13 James Darling, <james at abscond.org <mailto:james at abscond.org>> wrote:
>>>>>> Whoops, that's embarrassing. 😭
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 10:38, James Darling <james at abscond.org <mailto:james at abscond.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Nick,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I don't think we've met (embarrassing if we have!) but I've been an LRUGer for about 20 years.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This sounds interesting to me, and something I'd definitely be able to help with! Nice to see a project with no React. I live in Leyton and love meeting up, so location is great. I once integrated the dutch payment system iDEAL for a startup via Stripe's API that I believe is still running.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Here's my LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/abscond/>, GitHub <https://github.com/james> and website <https://abscond.org/>. I'm currently on £850/day.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 at 19:21, Nick Tabernacle <nick at beo.so <mailto:nick at beo.so>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi LRUG, 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> As a RoR contractor I've been on the other side of these emails for many years, so it’s nice to be 'giving back' with some contract opportunities directly to this group.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I’m looking for a Rails contractor for a two month internal MVP build, likely extended to six months. The client is a multinational non-profit.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Ideal experience:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Rails 7 (and all the obvious things it includes)
>>>>>>>> >10 years on Rails to a Senior level
>>>>>>>> Can provide examples of full stack work
>>>>>>>> Hotwire (more experience the better)
>>>>>>>> TailwindCSS
>>>>>>>> Stripe payments
>>>>>>>> API integration
>>>>>>>> CI/CD on Azure (essential) 
>>>>>>>> Any Azure knowledge/certificates welcome
>>>>>>>> Comfortable with the enterprise onboarding process
>>>>>>>> Remote but will need 2 days a month at our office in Liverpool Street talking around a whiteboard most likely. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I’m also looking for someone interested in using AI to improve productivity and share their metrics, for good or bad.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Please let me know your desired rate, Linked In || YouTube || Github.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> No recruiters or recruiting companies please. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks LRUG :) 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Nick Tabernacle
>>>>>>>> nick at beo.so <mailto:nick at beo.so>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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