The idea that Babel -- which I love and think has had an immeasurably positive impact on the front-end community -- is anywhere near as valuable to an individua

The idea that Babel -- which I love and think has had an immeasurably positive impact on the front-end community -- is anywhere near as valuable to an individual company as their database is completely out of touch. A database, for many many companies, is essentially the business. There's nothing more important. Babel, which again I love, at the end of the day lets you write more expressive code. Anyone who thinks fixing a bug that lets you write arrow functions instead of using `Function.prototype.bind` or whatever, is anywhere as important as a database... is just wrong. Always remember your place. Your job is to make widgets for a company. Your productivity definitely has value, but don't overestimate how much value it has. A better example would have been something like Resharper, which companies are willing to pay for, but they won't make its bugs an important part of their roadmap.