We've also have been given some fantastic new compiled languages in the last 10 years that in my opinion are as productive as the higher level ones you mention,

We've also have been given some fantastic new compiled languages in the last 10 years that in my opinion are as productive as the higher level ones you mention, in some cases more due to the powerful type systems. I'm a huge fan of Swift, Rust and Kotlin Native but there are many more to suit anyones taste. I've also found keeping my hardware for a longer time period forces me to write faster software and is a better approximation of what users are experiencing when they run my apps than the latest top range workstation.