it's only the US (AFAIK) that pays developers so highly, and even then it's primarily in cities and companies amenable to venture capital. It's not about how va

it's only the US (AFAIK) that pays developers so highly, and even then it's primarily in cities and companies amenable to venture capital. It's not about how valued the career is, it's about how profitable it is - and when you can take 10s or 100s of millions in investment to build a software platform using a couple dozen devs, it becomes pretty clear why they're paid so high in those areas. I value the service of my local council's binmen more than most developers' output (including my own). Doesn't mean they get paid the big bucks.