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The weirdest part of this survey is in many categories, the most experienced developers (and by extension, the highest paid) were using a less popular technolog
by nepeckman 8y ago
The weirdest part of this survey is in many categories, the most experienced developers (and by extension, the highest paid) were using a less popular technology. Over 50% of people surveyed had heard of ClojureScript and were not interested, but the developers who used it and liked it had the highest average years of experience and highest average salary. Same goes for Ember and Polymer for frameworks, and Relay for data store. I'm really curious what the reasons for this are.
- arxpoetica 8y agoDitto. While I really appreciate this ongoing survey, it seems like with a little more effort, a lot more could be gleaned.
- eat_veggies 8y agoCould it be that only the most experienced developers have actual production experience with the more niche tech? A junior dev is going to learn ES6, and Vue and/or React because they want a job, but learning Polymer/Ember/Relay/ClojureScript isn't worth the time because there are fewer jobs for it. But a more senior dev has probably maintained a few projects using that tech, maybe surveyed it for use in a new project, etc.
- Etheryte 8y agoFor some insight, my experience is that oftentimes the more experienced developers are the only ones let near legacy, but valuable projects. Newer developers are often not familiar with the technologies and thus the risk of regression is higher.
- gymshoes 8y agoI suppose there are 2 reasons for it: 1. Popular languages would have lot more developers so lesser salary (Supply-Demand) 2. Since the newer devs have started their careers when the newer languages have started to get mainstream, more senior devs are the ones who remain with the niche languages.