Putdowns? What putdowns exactly? According to the StackOverflow 2016 Developer Survey [1], almost 70% of the developers are self-taught, and also according to that survey, JavaScript is the most popular language, more than twice as much as C++. That pretty much covers my first paragraph.
As for the second, I'm confident about the average JavaScripter not being able to tackle C++. If you find that an insult, that's ok, but it's the reality. Try explaining custom memory allocation algorithms to the vast majority of script kiddies that call themselves "front-end developers" just because they use jQuery daily.
As for the second, I'm confident about the average JavaScripter not being able to tackle C++. If you find that an insult, that's ok, but it's the reality. Try explaining custom memory allocation algorithms to the vast majority of script kiddies that call themselves "front-end developers" just because they use jQuery daily.
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2016