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khai ellington
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khai ellington
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Posted by khai ellington
khai ellington
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CSS/HTML vs. Python/SQL............where do they stand in the Industry??

Ive been hearing alot of conflicting info concerning front end and back end development, and whats in demand and offers a good income.

Now, as a total noob to this programming thing, Im very much interested in devoting a huge amount of time into it (im a Design Engineer and recently picked up a Raspberry PI for a project, and working more with IOT type industries is very attractive), But Id like to know what everyone thinks about $$$$$

Scanning sites like Indeed and Upwork, there seems to be a HUGE need for CSS, JAVA java script, and HTML. However those jobs seem to be rather low value, and the market seems to be saturated by millions of eastern bloc Europeans and Indians who will take the work for next to nothing in compensation...(im very familiar with this in the freelance product design world). The PYTHON/SQL and "back end" jobs seem to be less common, but of much higher value.

Is this an accurate reflection of the tech market, or does anyone have another opinion to offer? whos out there the most, front end or back end guys? whats the value of a true, "fullstack" development career?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You can find plenty of articles with your search engine, such as this one: 15 Highest Paying Programming Languages. And another list I found ranked Bash, Perl, Scala and Delphi as highest-paid languages, none of which generally show up on the lists of most job openings.

But one thing most lists don't cover is that specific languages are generally not the prime criteria for getting the high-paying jobs. Other factors like experience and specific accomplishments become more important to employers. So the most lucrative new language choice for a well-seasoned senior developer might not be effective for someone just starting out in the industry. That's why it might make sense to concentrate on learning the skills for which there are the most openings. Once you are working in the industry and gaining experience, you won't need a list to tell you where your job enhancement prospects are.