[sph]

> Has anyone else here successfully left for greener JS pastures?

I've simply stopped doing any frontend development contract work *. Until the whole JavaScript world pulls its head out of its bottom, I'll leave that niche to other people.

* I'll do JS and React if I really have to, but I'm actively avoiding any client-side focused projects.

[chrisco255]

It's a wide open web with millions of developers, and 25 years of language and ecosystem development, so there will always be 27 1/2 ways to solve a problem. Client side dev is hard. Especially on the web. It's understandable that anyone would avoid it for easier work.