If they actually truly know where semicolons go in JS, then they may be worth €100k. That's some deep magic, which has bitten this very, very experienced developer in the ass more than once.
Getting it right in Java or C is no special feat. Getting it 100% correct in Javascript... that's an accomplishment.
Re:Is the US about to split the internet?
by chillacy on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:17PM
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From the other point of view of having worked for US software companies all my life, I think the developer market is fucked up in the rest of the world because talented developers are getting criminally underpaid.
Re:Is the US about to split the internet?
by mixedCase on Friday August 07, 2020 @01:45PM
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a) You're acting as if no one earning a good salary saves up for taking risks later.
b) How entitled can you be to tell other people that it's fucked up not to risk it all to make a business where you please, or not to request salaries the industry is willing to pay. All in the name of... what? Nationalism?
They have the deep coffers to lure young people who otherwise might've started their own businesses. As a result, the IT and developer market is entirely fucked up here in Southern Germany. Yes, yes, "software eating the World" and all that — but the big players (US corps, mostly) are not just by buying up most of the talent but _they create unhealty expectations for the rest of the crowd_.
_"I know where to put a semicolon in JS, I expect a starting salary of €100k"_ etc.