[LRUG] Ghosttown

[David Santoro]

Hey peeps, we are currently hiring remote roles: Senior
<https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Carwow/43b85bcd-31b9-41dd-93e3-fe65dedfc213>, SDE3
<https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Carwow/e5dfb8cd-6d03-4173-b0a0-8912530257c7>, SDE2
<https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Carwow/ceec7129-e92c-435e-8b6d-8d5a3ea4dc7b>.


On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 at 12:30, Jon Rowe via Chat <chat at lists.lrug.org> wrote:

> The main Ruby discord also has a jobs channel which has a very active
> hiring channel albiet its pretty much all automatic postings from
> https://rubyonremote.com/ but I'm not sure I've seen many UK-centric
> roles there.
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2026, at 1:16 PM, Greg Molnar via Chat wrote:
>
> My 2 cents...
> I don't know where you guys are looking, but these job boards have Rails
> opportunities:
>
> https://railshotwirejobs.com/
> https://jobs.gorails.com/
> https://jobs.rubyonrails.org/
>
> Besides these, every conference I went to last year, I've seen many
> companies hiring, and not all of them advertise those jobs(or at least I
> did see them advertised). There are also Ruby related discords, like the
> Gorails one or the one I started a while ago, there are job postings on
> both that are not advertised elsewhere.
> I am not saying it is easy to get hired, the high number of
> applications(most AI generated) make it hard on the hiring side too, but if
> you write a good application and you have a good profile, I think you can
> land a job. Maybe not as quickly and maybe not as well paid as 10 years ago
> though, when we had a golden age and Ruby devs were able to demand high
> salaries and amazing work conditions. But times change, and who know, maybe
> we will get back to that in a while.
> As for the entry level jobs, that was always hard, except the precovid
> ZIRP period when they hired people that didn't even know how to use git.
> And I remember how hard it was for me almost 15 years ago when I
> transitioned to Ruby. 5 years ago this was blamed on Covid, now it is
> blamed on AI, 5 years from now it will be blamed on something else.
>
> So in overall, I think we are fine, not as good as used to be, but if you
> make an effort, you can likely find work. If you struggle, you might need
> to work on your skills(tech or human). Start a blog, contribute to open
> source, go to conferences and you will end up with a better profile a good
> network and will likely not suffer when looking for a job.
>
> Good luck to all the jobseekers out there.
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026, at 3:12 PM, Benjamin Eskola via Chat wrote:
>
> If everyone's claiming it, does your CV really stand out by claiming it?
>
> Anyway, that's even assuming it *is* an amplifier. In many cases it seems
> to be a longwinded (and expensive) way of doing what would be easier to
> just do oneself.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben
>
> > On 11. Feb 2026, at 13.53, Igor via Chat <chat at lists.lrug.org> wrote:
> >
> > Agree with Eleanor. In today’s world, the smartest move might be to
> embrace AI as an amplifier, using it to boost your impact and make your CV
> stand out, while still highlighting the problem-solving and critical
> thinking only humans can provide.
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 at 13:49, Eleanor McHugh via Chat <
> chat at lists.lrug.org> wrote:
> > Best Outcome?
> >
> > Bubble grow large.
> >
> > Bubble go pop.
> >
> > Employers rediscover that programmers don't just regurgitate code: they
> understand problems and devise solutions.
> >
> > Judging by previous hype cycles, this could take a while...
> >
> >
> > > On 11 Feb 2026, at 11:10, Michael Pavling via Chat <
> chat at lists.lrug.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well... The jobs market looks pretty bleak, doesn't it?
> > >
> > > There seems to be no entry-level roles now, and the mid/senior roles
> are few and far between, with hundreds of applicants scrabbling to stand
> out with their AI tuned CVs :-(
> > >
> > > What's gonna be the case in a couple of years? (Or even at the end of
> this year)
> > > Is that it for Ruby jobs now? Is it the end for almost all tech
> stacks? 😬
> > >
> > > Do we all just need to re-align to be maintainers of the output?
> > >
> > > *sigh* What's everyone's hope for a best outcome?
>
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