<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I take it CEO's of ruby rails tech start ups and employer of ruby rails<br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">developers are out too... <br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bestie - you are one tough guy :-)<br></span></font></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Richard Green</span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">CEO & Founder</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><div>07787 527499</div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="mailto:richard@evvnt.com">richard@evvnt.com</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.evvnt.com">www.evvnt.com</a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br>On 12 Feb 2014, at 00:45, Warren Guy <<a href="mailto:warren@guy.net.au">warren@guy.net.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div><span>On Tuesday 11 February 2014 at 12:26, Stephen Best wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I propose that if someone is at an LRUG meeting we all just assume</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that they are Ruby developer.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>It seems more reasonable, to me, to assume that someone attending an</span><br><span>LRUG meeting is no more than simply interested in Ruby, and is perhaps</span><br><span>at most, a Ruby 'enthusiast'. That is, unless an interest in (or an</span><br><span>enthusiasm for) Ruby necessarily makes someone a 'Ruby developer'.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Then again, why assume even that?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Full disclosure: I do not consider myself a 'Ruby developer' (this would</span><br><span>be an insult to all developers everywhere), and I did in fact attend the</span><br><span>on Monday night. I will admit that I did ask this question at least a</span><br><span>couple of times, and I am truly sorry if that bothered or offended</span><br><span>anyone. I thoroughly enjoyed the meeting and all of the talks, and found</span><br><span>most of those with whom I spoke to be very welcoming, even to a</span><br><span>non-'developer' like me.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Warren</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Chat mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>