Are there Ruby On Rails jobs available in Korea?

[Daniel Yang]

I'm a Korean American self-taught student in programming and I was wondering if someone could point me to a job board with companies hiring Ruby On Rails developers.  I am currently taking a class on RoR in New York City but I want to eventually live in Seoul, Korea.  I couldn't find any information on whether or not Ruby is a widely used language within startups in Korea.  I'm sorry I couldn't write this in Korean as it would be very hard to write for me.

I have no college degree so I am a little worried that no companies will take me as I've heard Korea is known for only hiring college graduates.

I need:

1. If Ruby on Rails is a popular language in big companies/startups

2. Where can I go to find job listings in Seoul, Korea for programmers

3. Any other information about the Korean webdevelopment/startup enviornment

Thank you so much for helping me!

도와줘서 감사함니다!

[Sangmin Ryu]

한국에서 RoR 인력 구하기는 하늘에 별따기 수준입니다. 차라리, 다른 전문가를 구해서 RoR을 쓰게 하는 편이 괜찮죠. 적어도 한달 정도면 충분히 원래 자신의 속도가 나오리라 믿습니다.

1. 거의 없습니다. 있기는 한데, 적어주신 수준을 원하지는 않을 것 같습니다. 만약 오픈소스에 기여한 흔적이나, 대화를 통해서 함께 일할수 있는걸 가늠하면  함께 할수 있으리라 봅니다. 여기 외에, http://www.facebook.com/groups/rubykr/ 가입하셔서 질문을 던져보세요. 

http://www.facebook.com/groups/rubykr/doc/344036695609031/ 페이지를 참고하셔서 괜찮은 곳에 직접 컨텍을 해보는 것도 추천합니다. 

2. 한국에서 프로그래밍 직업을 구할수 있는 공통 수단은 없다고 보면 되며 산발적입니다. 뭐, 미국도 마찬가지지만.. (그래도 경력있으면, 링크드 인이 있으니 얼마나 좋나요.)  잡코리아나, 자신의 스킬을 가지고 커뮤니티를 찾고, 물어보세요. Ruby는 대중적인 인지를 가지고 있지 않아서, 이로 국한한다면 없습니다. 

3. 질문이 넓어서 의견이 불가능합니다. 

[Hyunuk Jung]

Why do You want to search in Korea?
It's not good environments or cultures regarding developer's role even though a big company or startup via other countries.

Sent by my iPhone

[김범섭]

How about working together in Fast Track Asia.

Fast Track Asia is startup incubating & investing company. Our vision is 'The best starup incubator in Asia'.

We're developing our product using Ruby On Rails. 

You can get more information in our facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/ft.asia ).

If you have more question, please contact us. My mail is bs...@fast-track.asia .

Thank you.

- Bumseop Kim

2012/4/29 Daniel Yang <yangs...@gmail.com>

[codingavatar]

Hello I came across this group just via a google search.  Mr. Yang, were you able to find a ruby on rails position in Korea?  

[Daniel Yang]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I applied for Mr Kim Bum Seop's company but I found out that my name still remains in the Korean Family registry.  This means that I will have to go to the Korean military in order to work in Korea.  I've decided to apply for the ROK army as soon as September comes and give up my Korean citizenship afterwards(apparently I can't give up my citizenship without going to the military).  This is extremely unfortunate as I have to spend around two years not being able to study RoR.  As for Fast Track Asia, they seem to be a legitimate organization and was given much care by Mr Kim Bum Seop and his team.  I recommend others to apply on their website.  Does anyone know if I am allowed to bring my laptop/books to the army so I may continue studying? 

Sunwoo Yang

[완쌉]

안녕하세요. 진그룹에서 새 팀원을 모집합니다. 관심 부탁드립니다. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o1QPZUdPg31hVJloK4NnONNLQ-RWVCoAGgiIoBqSpOs/edit

2012년 6월 4일 월요일 오전 9시 18분 48초 UTC+9, Rick Carlino 님의 말:

Daniel,

Thanks for keeping us informed about the great opportunities, and best of luck on your military service obligation! I've been following your post for a while but have never posted on this board before.

저는 한국어 언어학하고 경영학 전공하는 Rick Carlino입니다. 이번 가을 학기에는 제가 유학하러 연세대학교로 갈 것입니다. 지난 6개 월 동안 저는 루비 온 레일즈 배우고 미국에 있는 레일즈 개발 회사에서 개발자로 근무했습니다. 졸업을 하기 위해서는 인턴쉽을 해야 뒤는데 한국에 있는 스타트업에서 인턴쉽을 하고 싶습니다. 인턴쉽자리가 있으면 연락해주십시오.

Thanks,

Rick Carlino

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:10:49 PM UTC-7, Daniel Yang wrote:

Thank you everyone for your replies. I applied for Mr Kim Bum Seop's company but I found out that my name still remains in the Korean Family registry.  This means that I will have to go to the Korean military in order to work in Korea.  I've decided to apply for the ROK army as soon as September comes and give up my Korean citizenship afterwards(apparently I can't give up my citizenship without going to the military).  This is extremely unfortunate as I have to spend around two years not being able to study RoR.  As for Fast Track Asia, they seem to be a legitimate organization and was given much care by Mr Kim Bum Seop and his team.  I recommend others to apply on their website.  Does anyone know if I am allowed to bring my laptop/books to the army so I may continue studying? 

Sunwoo Yang

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:10:49 PM UTC-7, Daniel Yang wrote:

Thank you everyone for your replies. I applied for Mr Kim Bum Seop's company but I found out that my name still remains in the Korean Family registry.  This means that I will have to go to the Korean military in order to work in Korea.  I've decided to apply for the ROK army as soon as September comes and give up my Korean citizenship afterwards(apparently I can't give up my citizenship without going to the military).  This is extremely unfortunate as I have to spend around two years not being able to study RoR.  As for Fast Track Asia, they seem to be a legitimate organization and was given much care by Mr Kim Bum Seop and his team.  I recommend others to apply on their website.  Does anyone know if I am allowed to bring my laptop/books to the army so I may continue studying? 

Sunwoo Yang

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:10:49 PM UTC-7, Daniel Yang wrote:

Thank you everyone for your replies. I applied for Mr Kim Bum Seop's company but I found out that my name still remains in the Korean Family registry.  This means that I will have to go to the Korean military in order to work in Korea.  I've decided to apply for the ROK army as soon as September comes and give up my Korean citizenship afterwards(apparently I can't give up my citizenship without going to the military).  This is extremely unfortunate as I have to spend around two years not being able to study RoR.  As for Fast Track Asia, they seem to be a legitimate organization and was given much care by Mr Kim Bum Seop and his team.  I recommend others to apply on their website.  Does anyone know if I am allowed to bring my laptop/books to the army so I may continue studying? 

Sunwoo Yang

On Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:10:49 PM UTC-7, Daniel Yang wrote:

Thank you everyone for your replies. I applied for Mr Kim Bum Seop's company but I found out that my name still remains in the Korean Family registry.  This means that I will have to go to the Korean military in order to work in Korea.  I've decided to apply for the ROK army as soon as September comes and give up my Korean citizenship afterwards(apparently I can't give up my citizenship without going to the military).  This is extremely unfortunate as I have to spend around two years not being able to study RoR.  As for Fast Track Asia, they seem to be a legitimate organization and was given much care by Mr Kim Bum Seop and his team.  I recommend others to apply on their website.  Does anyone know if I am allowed to bring my laptop/books to the army so I may continue studying? 

Sunwoo Yang