How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

Re:How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 by jordache on Monday October 03, 2016 @02:22PM (#12629965)

For a developer role, and in the context of web applications(CRUD-ish) what do you think is the ceiling potential (in terms of earnings) Comparing JS/frontend positions vs backend development?

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Re:How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 by choicewords on Monday October 03, 2016 @02:49PM (#12630212)

I don't do that type of analytics, but what I can see is that's it's quite hard to hire a good FE guy.

Backend can be hard as well when looking for specialized stuff like Elixir, OCaml, Scala, Rust, etc. On the other hand, pure Ruby - Python - Java - C++ that's fairly common and not as likely to fetch high salary, since you'd be competing with a larger talent pool.

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Re:How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016 by jordache on Monday October 03, 2016 @02:54PM (#12630256)

skillset like Java C++ .NET can also be more easily acquired from off-shore contractors.

I've found for FE work, esp for someone with good sense for the visuals, typical off-shore contractors in Asia do not provide the adequate skillset

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