As an employee I do not know. But as an entrepreneur or self employed developer providing solutions, there are quite a few successful people. Maybe they are fl

As an employee I do not know. But as an entrepreneur or self employed developer providing solutions, there are quite a few successful people. Maybe they are flying under the radar. Yes, there are some slick apps being done, with no need for a legion to deliver a sizeable piece of functionality. Pharo forked from Squeak because it wanted to be a vehicle to deliver business value for real and not just be a research ground. Version 6 is a significant milestone in that direction. Iceberg (Git tool) was funded by the consortium. http://consortium.pharo.org/ http://consortium.pharo.org/ Check the industrial members, this is no small fish. I guess that we are on this trajectory: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/21/good-software-takes-ten-years-get-used-to-it/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/21/good-software-take...