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Could you please elaborate on this statement: "The developer community being disproportionately composed of young developers" ?

• hajile 3y ago
  That's simple enough. Look at StackOverflow's survey (or any other) over 50% of professional devs have less than 10 years of experience. That's 2013 or the year React came out and a full 5 years after the launch of Chrome/v8 started the next round of the framework wars. On the frontend, things are even worse. Salaries started to skyrocket 7-8 years ago and the number of people suddenly interested has skyrocket every year for the past 5-6 years.
  • tacker2000 3y ago
    Yea i also noticed recently that survey is actually really skewed in that directio. And as such shouldn’t really be used as basis for any “state of the developer landscape”
  • ARandomerDude 3y ago
    > Look at StackOverflow's survey Part of the problem with this methodology is SO is useful among the most junior devs. For example, I haven't been to SO in several years but it was my go-to site in 2010.
    • hajile 3y ago
      The very large State of JS survey skews to even less experience overall with nearly 30% having less than 5 years of experience and a bit over 50% having less than 10 years of experience. https://2021.stateofjs.com/en-US/demographics/ https://2021.stateofjs.com/en-US/demographics/
• mellosouls 3y ago
  You've misquoted, but I think the intent was clear; (commercial) front-end is more likely to get less experienced developers as the entry requirements are slacker at the lower end. This lack of experience carries with it the same flaws and risks (and occasional benefits) that inexperience carries everywhere.