TypeScript adoption soars with 50% more job postings and 10-15% higher salaries

A 50% jump in TypeScript job postings since 2021, and TypeScript developers pulling in 10-15% higher salaries than their JavaScript counterparts. The data's pretty clear at this point. What's interesting isn't that TypeScript is winning. It's that teams are finally willing to pay the upfront cost to get there. The article I just read breaks down the reality: initial productivity hits of 20-30% during the migration phase, then 40% maintenance cost reductions afterward. That's not hype. That's the actual math of moving from "move fast and break things" to "move thoughtfully and break less." For larger codebases especially, static typing catches the errors before they become production incidents. React and open-source projects are leaning this way. So are Microsoft, Google, and Slack. The question I keep sitting with: how many teams are still waiting for the "right time" to make this shift, when the right time is probably whenever the codebase stops fitting in one person's head? https://lnkd.in/eqhvF6hz

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