1. _Why Ruby?
“So, what makes Ruby so cool?”
Th e Fi ve P ’s of R uby - @ja so n ong

2. People
“Don’t hang around turkeys”
Th e Fi ve P ’s of R uby - @ja so n ong

3. A picture > 1000 words...

4. A picture > 1000 words...

5. Picture > 10,000 words...

6. Not forgetting...

7. Passion
“Because you’re worth it”
Th e Fi ve P ’s of R uby - @ja so n ong

8. Rubyists tends to...
Wanna change the world

9. Rubyists tends to...
Wanna change the world
Work for startups that wanna change the world

10. Rubyists tends to...
Wanna change the world
Work for startups that wanna change the world
Care about code quality

11. Rubyists tends to...
Wanna change the world
Work for startups that wanna change the world
Care about code quality
Care about helping others achieve code quality

12. Rubyists tends to...
Wanna change the world
Work for startups that wanna change the world
Care about code quality
Care about helping others achieve code quality
Be sociable

13. Rubyists tends to...
Wanna change the world
Work for startups that wanna change the world
Care about code quality
Care about helping others achieve code quality
Be sociable
Be good musicians

14. Rubyists tends to...
Live happily ever after...

15. Practices
“Cuts like a samurai”
Th e Fi ve P ’s of R uby - @ja so n ong

16. Buzzwords...
Agile
REST
TDD
BDD
Pairing

17. More Buzzwords...
NoSQL
MongoDB
Redis
Node.js
Juggernaut

18. Even libraries are cool...
Cucumber
Factory girl
Devise
Cancan
Timecop

19. Productive
“Rolling up your sleeves”
Th e Fi ve P ’s of R uby - @ja so n ong

20. This...
if(myVariable != null){
//handle it
}else{
throw new
InvalidOperationException("Hey dude!
Where's My Variable Assignment!")
}

21. Or this...
raise "Hey dude! Where's My Variable
Assignment" if my_variable.nil?

22. What about...
unless(my_variable.nil?)
#do whatever
end

23. Packaged libraries
gem install my_awesome_ruby_lib

24. Pay
“Show me the money!”
Th e Fi ve P ’s of R uby - @ja so n ong

25. *Kar-ching*
We’re hiring

26. *Kar-ching*
We’re hiring
Huge demand in the valley

27. *Kar-ching*
We’re hiring
Huge demand in the valley
Europe, Australia & more!

28. *Kar-ching*
Question:
Who drives a Pagani Zonda HH?

29. *Kar-ching*

30. *Kar-ching*
Answer:
David Heinemeier Hansen.
Creator of Ruby on Rails.
Largely responsible for the popularity of Rails.

31. Summary
People
Passionate
Practices
Productive
Pay

32. Summary
People who are
Passionate about good
Practices and know how to be
Productive gets excellent
Pay

33. RedDotRubyConf
22nd/23rd April 2011
Matz (Ruby creator), Dave (PragProg), Chad
(RubyCentral), Tom (Github) & many more!
Regional folks
Food + drinks + fun = Geek party
Special student price ~ $100

34. To learn more...
Singapore Ruby Brigade
Ruby Mendicant University
Railscasts