Originally Posted by Varius

I think this is why I see zero benefit of RoR. After many years, I have my preferred set of classes or "base" to start any site from, including config dir, common classes/includes, modified/hacked Smarty and AdoDB libraries, etc...

So to me, the "ability to set things up faster with RoR" doesn't apply and IMO that is really the only thing it has going for it right now.

It's always good to know though, as the more languages you can know will only help you. Especially once you find out the high-paying freelance work is in fixing other people's work, not doing your own from scratch