They know that a super productive, amazingly talented programmer is worth 1,000 times more than an average person, so they'll pay 1,000 times more," says Bruce Upbin, who manages the technology coverage for Forbes magazine.
The two main answers, according to computer scientists, are new tools that will make programmers more productive and new technology that will enable more people who use software to program for themselves.
Microsoft argues this enables the development of better tools for JavaScript and makes programmers more productive, while preserving compatibility with existing JavaScript libraries.
But even with his prior work, he says that most improvements "simply made programmers more productive, instead of opening the door to people who haven't spent years poring over text files full of abstract symbols".
While frameworks, APIs and structures might make programmers feel more productive, true productivity comes from unpacking the containers and truly understanding what's inside.
Sadly, startups rarely want to provide the resources required to train a new hire, instead expecting programmers to be productive from day one.
Tools that act as layers, like frameworks and packages, are created to help programmers be more productive, but some experts fear they'll actually have the opposite impact long-term.
Operating on their own, many of these programmers would be more productive and inventive.
Dynamic memory management allows programmers to be more productive and increases system reliability and functionality.
