Typescript is more popular now because projects are migrating more and more business logic layer to front end. Thus the need for type safety and static analysis.
I’m agnostic about Typescript. Bare JavaScript is very efficient and optimized language, well suited for smaller projects.
However, when project scope balloons up, then Typescript becomes more useful. It’s way of enforcing descriptive comments a code, than trying to be a type safe language.
This has more to do with negotiation skills. Anthony Levandowki also negotiated deal with Uber to pay him more money. He knew his value and negotiated hard, and got paid by 2 companies.
Every engineer should learn from Anthony about understanding the value and negotiating hard with companies. Companies will pay up for in demand skills.
Most engineers at startups get very little equity and most end up worthless due to dilution or failure.
Even if engineers hit the startup lottery, the payout for most are not that much. Very few end with multi million dollar payouts.
Statistically, financials are better with big company offers for most engineers.
Some engineers that get in early with a unicorn can hit the jackpot. This is mostly combination of timing and luck and network. Some just happened to be in the right place at the right time with right group of people. PayPal engineers, early Google engineers.
I’m agnostic about Typescript. Bare JavaScript is very efficient and optimized language, well suited for smaller projects.
However, when project scope balloons up, then Typescript becomes more useful. It’s way of enforcing descriptive comments a code, than trying to be a type safe language.