With the rapid expansion of Javascript into nearly every area of application, web developers can find interesting work as web designers, backend engineers, desktop software developers, hardware hackers, drone pilots, submarine captains, and mobile developers.
Javascript and HTML5/CSS are only going to continue to dominate in every industry, enabling companies and teams to focus on building great software, rather than suffering through hiring unique language and platform developers.
If software is eating the world, Javascript and the web stack are absorbing all the nutrients (…I had to).
http://blog.ionic.io/web-developers-will-rule-the-world/
JavaScript это реализованная мечта Java? ибо в «кросс платформенности» Java уже сильно уступает JS.