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This is not a 'bay thing'. I make much more money than he complains about, and I work remotely for US companies.

Most developers are underpaid, most don't even know by how much. We provide a lot value, we automate things resulting in tremendous savings for the businesses.

Most doctors don't need to learn constantly. And we're not talking jQuery. Yes, there are hacks out there who only know it, and they do deserve a low pay. Most front end developers need to know a lot more than just jQuery to make a modern website. HTML/CSS/JS/optimization/image compression/SVG/frameworks/cookies/local storage/browser compatibility/W3C validation/debugging/data structures/algorithms/etc. The list goes on and on.

If programming were easy, everyone would do it. There's a reason developers are expensive.