Why Zig has become the highest-paying programming language

Move over Clojure, there’s a new kid on the block; Zig has emerged as the best-paying programming language for developers in 2024. That’s according to the latest Stack Overflow survey. The poll, which included 89,184 software developers across 185 countries, found that Zig developers command the highest median salaries, earning $103,000 per year on average. Just 0.83% of the surveyed developers reported they were proficient in Zig, underscoring its relative obscurity and scarcity in