"And, I have actually learned to program over the last 3 months. Maybe I should have stated that in the article. I'm currently doing freelance front-end development."

Good deal! It shouldn't take too long until you start hating ruby, so I'd suggest checking out python and jsp to make you a more versatile webdev. I'm a PHP guy (spare the insults guys... seriously) for personal projects but roll with groovy, coldfusion, and ruby at work. Also start looking into DB's like postgres and mysql. If you're looking for corporate job security, it's .net and mssql pretty much all the way.