156 People responded were programming with Crystal professionally. A language that is still very very young.
Even ignoring Node.Js, there are 3x [2] more Django developers than Rails.
If people thinks Phoenix is young or niche, it has half of Rails professional usage in this survey.
Django's current position should be what Rails tries to achieve. 15% usage is enough for a market sustainable position.
Some Google developer told me Fresh Grad or Junior Software Engineers gets $200K Total Comp per year. That is equal to the median salary of Senior Executive (C-Suite, VP, etc.) in the US. When developers with 5 - 10 years of experience are calling for a "fair" $400K Total Compensation on Twitter. Someone on HN once said Google Senior SWE make up to $700K. The salary gap within the industry is huge.
[1] https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/#section-salary-salary-...
[2] https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/#section-most-popular-t...