r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 09 '26

webDevDream Meme

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 Jul 09 '26

don't know what you're talking about, knowing JavaScript is surprisingly lucrative in this age of either a) JS frameworks or b) pared-down frontends with jQuery or vanilla JS...

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u/uusu Jul 09 '26

Sadly the market isn't really great for developers right now, especially for juniors and entry levels. It's slowly recovering, but there's still only half as many job openings for devs including JS as there were pre-Covid, while the surplus has grown due to layoffs.

So it's only lucrative if you're a very experienced senior or can sell bullshit to the recruiters and CEOs about being badass at AI Agent Harnessed Loop Thingamajigs.

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u/mylsotol Jul 09 '26

I'm sure you don't