First-in-Belarus Panel for Ruby on Rails Developers Was Devoted to Career Success

More than 130 Belarusian IT specialists participated in a local conference on Ruby on Rails and got involved in discussions about how to reach career success in IT while working with new technologies.

Belarus – On June 22, 2010, Minsk Institute of Management, Belarus Ruby on Rails User Group, and Altoros Systems, a software product development company, held a roundtable on the future of Ruby on Rails development and career success in IT. A number of Rails experts that were involved in the first RoR projects in Belarus attended the seminar and shared their expertise. During the roundtable, graduates and Rails newbies had an opportunity to ask expert Ruby on Rails developers about the demand for RoR in Europe, the ways to find new projects, the employment opportunities, and how to start Ruby on Rails development.

“Unfortunately, it's next to impossible to tell everything worth knowing about Ruby on Rails development in a single event,” said Yury Velikanau, one of the speakers. “However, this panel proves that young specialists have a keen interest in new technologies. Taking into account that many of them would like to become a Ruby on Rails developer, the future of the technology in Belarus and Europe in general is inspiring.”

Pictures from the event: www.belarusrubyonrails.org/fotootchet-22-iyunya-2010-g.-miu.html

Short review of the event

1. Session: “Ruby on Rails 3: Today’s Opportunities and Alternatives”

The event started with the presentations that covered the Ruby language and the Ruby on Rails platform basics. Sergey Sergyenko (Belarus Rails User Group) spoke about the history of Ruby and Rails development, as well as about their founders. Sergey took a closer look at the peculiar features of Ruby and its differences from other languages.

After Sergey dwelled on the closure feature and presented some examples in Ruby, Yury Velikanau (the head of the Ruby on Rails development department at Altoros Systems) took his turn. To make things clear, he explained that Java was mentioned only to draw a comparison between the technologies, but not to prove that any of the mentioned technologies is worse than another. Yury drew attention to the peculiarities of the Rails platform, told about the most popular projects done using Rails, and answered a number of questions.

2. Presentation: “Rails 3: How to Create a Simple Blog”

After a 15-minute break, Yury Velikanau demonstrated in real time how to create a blog with the possibility to post comments. He also made several mistakes on purpose to show how debugging is implemented in Ruby on Rails development. However, to have enough time for the roundtable, some of the unanswered questions were postponed until the end of the event and the afterparty.

3. The Roundtable: «Ruby on Rails Perspectives for IT Newbies»

During the roundtable, each of the experts talked about his path to Ruby on Rails development and how he started his career in IT. Also, Alexander Gedranovich (Minsk Institute of Management) answered a question about what a student should do to find a good job after graduating from a university, and what should be done to have Ruby on Rails included in the curriculum of the universities in Belarus.

The experts of the roundtable, with Antono Vasiljev (the former CTO of Onliner.by) and Dzmitry Naumau (ruby.by, entrepreneur) among others, discussed the demand for Ruby on Rails developers in Belarus and abroad. Yury Velikanau emphasized that it is not the working place, but the level of proficiency that defines the career success of an IT specialist.

The experts discussed the advantages and disadvantages of working at the office, being a freelancer, or working remotely, and they touched upon ways of finding new customers. The questions at the roundtable concerned the level of proficiency required for working with the Rails framework, the possibility for a QA engineer to become a Ruby on Rails developer, the future demand for Ruby on Rails developers, the influence of the global financial crisis in the customer’s country on Ruby development rates, and many others.

At the end of the roundtable, each of the experts provided recommendations for the participants who would like to start working with Ruby on Rails. Specifically, Sergey Sergyenko advised listeners to get involved in a promising project and to do one's best to blend in with the team. Dzmitry Naumau suggested starting a corporate career, gaining the required experience, and to consider launching one’s own business in the meantime.

Antono Vasiljev, during his turn, recommended finding an appealing open source project written using Rails and to create new modules for it to gain experience, while communicating with more proficient developers. Yury Tolstik (Ruby on Rails User Group) noted that “persistence and desire lead to success.” Alexander Gedranovich remarked that the key to success is to never lose focus. Finally, Yury Velikanau supported the idea that experienced colleagues can “teach better than books.”

The organizers of the event promised that the first Ruby on Rails classes in Belarus will start this autumn. After that, everybody who wanted to talk more continued the discussion in one of the bars.

About the organizers

The Minsk Institute of Management, founded in 1991, provides complete facilities for training highly competent specialists in economics, law, psychology, foreign languages, and information technologies. Today, the resource base and the fully qualified faculty ensure teaching on a highly qualified level with the use of the latest achievements in science and technology. Please visit www.miu.by for details.

Altoros Systems, Inc. is a global software delivery acceleration specialist that provides focused software product engineering and independent QA to software organizations and information-driven enterprises. Areas of expertise include Microsoft .NET, Java, Adobe Flex, Ruby on Rails development, and Mobile technologies. For more: www.altoros.com.

The Belarusian Ruby on Rails User Group consists of developers interested in sharing the experience and knowledge necessary for expert Ruby on Rails development. See the latest news at www.belarusrubyonrails.org.

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