Re:Ask HN: Is jQuery still a thing?
by baybal2 on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:55PM
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No it isn't.
A better way to state that:
"Is jQuery omnipresent now? Yes.
Will jQuery earn you as much money as on the peak of first gen webapps craze? No, totally no"
I myself was earning CAD $90k just in plain salary at the time when jQuery craze was on its peak and when "a dedicated front-end developer" meant a jQuery developer
Honestly saying, I had no realisation how shitty my code was back then, and now I feel ridiculous when I realise how much a bad dev can earn as long as he does something considered "trendy"
A better way to state that:
"Is jQuery omnipresent now? Yes.
Will jQuery earn you as much money as on the peak of first gen webapps craze? No, totally no"
I myself was earning CAD $90k just in plain salary at the time when jQuery craze was on its peak and when "a dedicated front-end developer" meant a jQuery developer
Honestly saying, I had no realisation how shitty my code was back then, and now I feel ridiculous when I realise how much a bad dev can earn as long as he does something considered "trendy"