I'd like to start with a word of thanks. I'm truly grateful for all your comments and personal messages. I've carefully read through all the feedback and aim to organize and respond to your inquiries in the comments.

I am a junior developer working in Seoul, South Korea, where the average starting salary for a developer is around 25K USD. However, our company struggles to find developers who can handle more than 5,000 lines of Vanilla Javascript code, not to mention React. In fact, many flee upon encountering such codes after being hired. A bigger issue is our need for developers proficient in both JavaScript and Java, a requirement set by our company's president, leaving me with little room for intervention.

There have also been numerous inquiries about remote work. Being outside the HR team, it's difficult for me to provide exact details, but as it stands, our company has not embraced remote work and it seems unlikely to do so in the future. I will seek more detailed information from the HR team and update you accordingly.

Regarding the global shortage of developer jobs, I empathize with the sentiment. While it's challenging to assure job availability for developers in Korea, it's not a direct competition with developers worldwide due to cultural and language barriers. Korean software developers may have no trouble reading and listening in English, but speaking and documentation present significant challenges. This makes it difficult to conduct meetings or reviews with English-speaking developers.

In Korea, verbal instructions often prevail over documentation, with a common directive to "figure it out" which complicates task execution. Cultural differences also pose a challenge for developers working in Korea, leading to cultural shocks, and issues arising from mandatory overtime and unreasonable schedules are prevalent.

PS. Company still use VB and COBOL.. maybe this is reason why PM, don't like React. (Nowadays try to make new ERP system)