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Ask HK: How to get “production level” experience with a new technology

Hello.

Recently I've got really interested on working at GitLab, I've started using their products and they are so great, I'd ~rally~ really love to be part of that.

However, one of their strict-requirements is: "You have worked on a production-level Ruby application, preferably using Rails (this is a strict requirement)."

At the moment I'm a Sr. Software Engineer at my current job, but the stack I've such experience is Python with Tornado / Django / Flask.

What do you think would be a good way to get such experience with RoR?

I can make some side projects as a practice, but I doubt that'd give me enough experience to apply for a job at GitLab.

I could also apply for other company that accepts a lower experience with RoR to get started with it, but that'd mean invest at least a couple of months plus a junior position.

Has any of you made a change like that before?

Thanks.

4 points y3k 7 years ago 8 comments

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