For my job I do about 80% of my work in JS. I recognize that it's not a great language as far as design and ergonomics go. I also recognize that I shouldn't tak

For my job I do about 80% of my work in JS. I recognize that it's not a great language as far as design and ergonomics go. I also recognize that I shouldn't take these critiques personally - after all I'm just writing all this JS because someone is paying me to. Even so, it wears on me to see the regular JS bashing on HN and other sources (even from more senior devs at my company). It makes me feel like a lesser engineer (which I already feel like being relatively inexperienced). And it just seems purposeless to me. Most of the people writing JS are just doing it because it's what we're paid to do. I know most of these critique aren't coming from a place of wanting to belittle JS devs, but that's the only effect I see them having.