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Re:July 2017 Hacker News Hiring Trends by benjyclay on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @05:34AM (#14899017)
Javascript going down could just be a case that the job posters are assuming for all the JS libraries (node.js/React) that you know JS and not posting it in their Ad.

I don't think that the rails hit, is the result of fewer web jobs. I think it's more a case of the web is transitioning into more JS led architecture.

Re:July 2017 Hacker News Hiring Trends by amw-zero on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:45AM (#14899344)
APIs are even more important for SPAs. It's not like more rich JS front ends obviate the backend.
Re:July 2017 Hacker News Hiring Trends by benjyclay on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:50AM (#14899364)
using node.js, your backend can be JS