From as far back as last year, I only know of two Pinoys who are hard core Ruby on Rails developers. That number has not increased by a single soul up to this day. Here’s an email I got from last night for PTB:

I like the blog! Never realized there was a Filipino equivalent to TechCrunch here.

So I’m here in Manila working at ABS-CBN for ten weeks and was looking to hire some Ruby on Rails programmers for a project I have going back in the States. Do you know where I could find a group of fresh web developers around Manila that specialize in Ruby and Ajax especially. We use these technologies: AJAX, CSS, DHTML, Javascript, RubyOnRails, MySQL, Prototype, Scriptilicious.

If you haven’t heard of a couple of them, that’s ok. We really just needs some junior programmers to provide support for my senior programmer back home. Got any resources or friends that might help?

- Shane Walker

Will the RoR developers, please stand up?

What could be the reason there aren’t many, compared to maybe Java, ASP.NET or PHP? Is platform too hard to learn with self-study? Computer schools like AMA or Informatics do not offer them? Not much interest for, yet, another language? Not many projects requiring the platform?

If you or anyone you know wants to take up this gig, I’d be glad to hook you up with the guy.

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