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It's a classic case of supply/demand dynamics. There are a lot more JavaScript developers than demand so the prices are low.
by quantummkv 6y ago
It's a classic case of supply/demand dynamics. There are a lot more JavaScript developers than demand so the prices are low.
- freehunter 6y agoAs an anecdote, I am not a professional programmer but I was writing some code to solve a problem at work and when it got to the front end stuff I was told not to worry about it because they would just get a cheap contractor to build the front end. The backend needed to be written by an expert who knows the problem and understands the solution but the front end can be spec’d out and outsourced to cheaper contractors. I don’t usually live in the world of enterprise programming so I’m not sure how normal that is, but it definitely surprised me.
- hajile 6y agoThere are tons of "Javascript Developers" who have no experience and about as much knowledge of the front-end. They usually make up the large crowd of "web consultants" that offer to make you a website for just $300 and then deliver wordpress with some skin they bought from somewhere. The web specs are millions of pages of legalese (and that's without mentioning things like WebGL which are handled by groups other than w3c). Learning all the stuff required for building a modern application on the web takes a long time. In addition, the incompatibilities and inconsistencies (between both browsers and browser versions) paired with the inconsistencies of much of the tooling and frameworks (though that has gotten much better in the past couple years) leads to a frustrating experience. If you need an actual web app and want to hire a knowledgeable developer who's willing to learn everything and not burn out from dealing with all the frustrating parts, it's very likely that you'll wind up paying more than for a back-end dev with similar amounts of experience.