slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Now, let's say you decided to rebrand in the Lost Decade as "JavaScript developer"; you feel pretty comfortable packing those webs -- what does it do to the equation? A LOT:
https://www.indeed.com/career/javascript-developer/salaries
When I go on about how JS cultists have cost companies more for worse outcomes, this is what I'm talking about. A 35% cost premium, which pushes the income of these folks *as individuals* to be ~50% higher than most households, and more than 2.5x the median dual-income earner.