Don’t Just Be a ‘Rails Dev’: A Guide to Managing Career Risk

I have never been too focused on open source project details and licensing, despite working around colleagues who are very concerned with these issues. So while I was intrigued by the sudden spat within the Ruby community, this post will not be a history of Ruby gems, a study of the motivations of Ruby Central, or the personal politics of David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH). You can read all the “he said, she said” in our analysis post, or from a recent article in 404 Media. This post is about how a developer should approach any risk in…