Why do developers choose cheap technologies?

Question

Career in IT

If you look at the job market, you can easily see that c++/net/java is paid the most money in companies, while a huge number of developers choose php/python/ruby/node.js/1c and other stacks for which in general, they pay less money (there are always exceptions, but he speaks in general). Why do they do it? What is the motivation?

Answer 1

It's easy enough to see that top corporate executives make huge amounts of money, but far more people choose to be janitor for some reason.
Firstly, for a huge number of people, even slapping is hard. They are simply not capable of writing something more or less complex in C++. Secondly, somewhere in Novaya Igirma there is simply no demand for C++/.Net/Java, and if you want to be a programmer, you will either have to go to 1Sniki or move.

Answer 2

• Low entry threshold
  
• Opportunity to earn money quickly
  
• Hype
  

Answer 3

C++ costs so much not because it's an "expensive" technology, but because there's little competition. There would be as many sishniks as there were phpshnikov - there would be exactly the same salary.
Well, about the prices, too, is not entirely correct. What's the point of comparing a php-jun who pulls skins for WP and a game developer, for example? A good php developer earns no less than a good writer.

Answer 4

Firstly, not everything depends on money, and secondly, cheap technologies are simpler, that's why they are cheap

Answer 5

It's easier to find a job, and not everyone likes Java and dot

Answer 6

Why do they do it? What is the motivation?

I use PHP
My motivation is simple - PHP is always sites, and I want to work with sites, I like them. In other languages, the web is just one of the applications. And sometimes not the best.

Answer 7

The average temperature in the hospital - shows you only the weather on the moon.
You can't interpret statistics like that.
Earnings do not depend on the language - someone deceived you. Earnings depend on your qualifications and communication skills (arrogance). Tell FB or VK programmers that they pay a penny for JS/PHP ;) In
general, you attach too much importance to the language. It is difficult to learn only the first language. An experienced programmer knows several languages, this is not a problem at all. Especially when you consider that the most common languages ​​generally belong to the same class of programming languages, they are very similar.
Another thing is that most people earn little (outside of programming language). It has always been and always will be. In all professions. And most people are bad professionals. They just don't deserve to get a lot of money. In all professions. The reason for this is laziness / stupidity / small age / small experience (substitute what you like best).
That is, the correct question is this:
Why do people always choose the easier way, because there are more competitors and less income on the easy way. Well, what do you think - why do people choose this easiest way?