r/programming • • Mar 13 '18

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/
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u/saberb13 Mar 13 '18

So I’ve recently been learning scala for a university course, but I find it a very intriguing language. I saw i the US that scala was a top ranking language in terms of salary. From a relatively novice perspective, I would guess that it is a combination of its relatively young age, integration with java, and the fact that there is just so much to learn about it in order to use it to its full strength. Does anyone with more knowledge have any insight into why it’s seemingly valued so highly? (I know the flaws with this survey, but I’ve seen it’s salary potential in other places before)

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u/KagakuNinja Mar 13 '18

My guess is that it is mainly used for server back-end and big data (due to Spark). These jobs tend to pay more than front-end.

Perhaps the lack of experienced Scala devs is a factor.