Same. And not even only that. Ruby holds a special place in my heart because I was centimeters away from quitting programming back in the dark days of the Enterprise Java horrors. A colleague pointed me at Ruby on Rails and this alone made me decide to continue doing programming as a career.
HOWEVER.
I have witnessed many people let themselves be influenced by a single such pivotal event and carry romantic feelings and nostalgia for much longer than it would be rational for the careers of the most other programmers who are forced to adapt – or can see the cracks and how certain PL quirks waste time and energy that they really should not and so they keep looking for something better.
Ruby helped me both professionally and personally. It showed me that programming can have quicker iteration and be more interesting and involve actual gradual problem solving. It rekindled my hope that it was not all only dreary toiling until retirement.
But it’s a highly unimpressive language and there are multiple items that can be raised – that I’ll skip as this reply became too big already and I am ashamed I semi-monopolised the thread – that demonstrate this.
Ruby should be like the “rebound partner” in the dating lingo: somebody you spend some time with after a toxic relationship, just to see how much different can things be, so you can heal and be open to love again… but in the future, and with another person.
Ruby should be a phase in one’s professional path. Not the final stop. It’s too primitive and raw to be a final stop.
Feel free to open a new thread! I love chatting about that in particular.
Many HN-ers really don’t like their group-think challenged. I had cases where I was actually toxic and too bitter for such a civilized forum like theirs and I have chatted multiple times with their top moderator – 
) and we are wondering WTF are we doing here in the barbaric ages. I struggle with this my entire life.
BACK ON TOPIC FOR A MINUTE. 