In the context of this discussion Perl is an exception that proves the rule.
There are no Perl jobs because Perl was supplanted by Python and Ruby and embarked on a disastrous Perl 6 journey.
This will not happen to node.
JavaScript is and will continue to be for the next 10 years the most popular programming language ("popular" == "most jobs") because it has monopoly in the browser.
As a result JavaScript will continue to be used in other domains (backend, desktop, mobile) due to sheer number of JavaScript programmers. Quantity is a quality of its own.
So node (and deno and bun) will continue to be used and there will be plenty of jobs for JavaScript programmers ("node" programmer is 90% JavaScript programmer and 10% "node specific APIs" programmer).
Of all programming languages that you worry might disappear in the future, JavaScript is at the end of the list.
There are no Perl jobs because Perl was supplanted by Python and Ruby and embarked on a disastrous Perl 6 journey.
This will not happen to node.
JavaScript is and will continue to be for the next 10 years the most popular programming language ("popular" == "most jobs") because it has monopoly in the browser.
As a result JavaScript will continue to be used in other domains (backend, desktop, mobile) due to sheer number of JavaScript programmers. Quantity is a quality of its own.
So node (and deno and bun) will continue to be used and there will be plenty of jobs for JavaScript programmers ("node" programmer is 90% JavaScript programmer and 10% "node specific APIs" programmer).
Of all programming languages that you worry might disappear in the future, JavaScript is at the end of the list.