[zelphirkalt]

Partly due to frontend framework hype, I would say. If we take traditional backend web frameworks, like lets say Django, you could simply look for Django devs and would find plenty, even though it exists for a long time. Choosing a hyped JS framework is what is the risky move, because people jump ship quickly. There are design decisions in Angular for which I would never even consider Angular for development.

[pawelmurias]

When angular.js came when you needed to do something highly interactive it's competitors used to be either amature hour hipster shit frameworks or hacking stuff using jquery.