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Really!? So PHP simplifies all this for you, huh?

My experience with PHP has not been as terrible as most rails users make it out to be. Once I learned the PHP syntax I got flying with it, I didn't have a single problem.

I just don't see the point in ditching PHP now to learn ruby just because it has become the latest online fad, better to stick with what I know until I develop serious problems with PHP which I believe only changing languages could solve.

That kind of thinking is the exact type that will lead you to wondering why you can't find a programming job when you're 40.

Always be learning.

Don't learn Rails to make a career out of it (although that may end up happening!), learn Rails to expand your mental models.

And don't just learn Rails!

Learn Django. Learn Sinata. Learn Erlang-Web or Nitrogen. Learn Smalltalk. Learn TeX. Learn JavaScript (actual JavaScript). Learn Node.js. Learn Meteor.

Learning a language doesn't mean "ditching" anything. You're adding!

And one more thing: Ruby[sic] is far from the latest online fad. That would be JavaScript and Node. Rails was the latest online fad back in 2007.

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