Teaching Ruby for Fun and Profit!
summary
Claim: demand for Ruby jobs outstrips qualified people, so everyone gets one-year challenge to grow a new Rubyist. Demonstrates hands-on success with RailsBridge workshops and notes at least 15 online universities offering Ruby courses. Recommends actual tools: RVM, GitHub, RubyGems and testing with RSpec/Minitest. Warns setup problems (broken installs, root-owned gem dirs, mismatched Ruby versions) routinely block beginners and cause dropouts, so mentoring through environment and install friction is the key practical fix.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and challenge
- 2:27Grow a new Rubyist
- 7:28Mentoring others in Ruby
- 12:10Why Ruby isn't everywhere
- 17:33Simplifying complex concepts
- 20:23Ruby’s steep learning curve
- 31:24Overcoming the difficulty barrier
- 33:50Call to action for Ruby community
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