In reply to Mike Schinkel.

Mike, your comments are spot on. Federal salary data will back you up. As an aside, I've respected all that you have done to help others on StackExchange for a long time.

The very things that made WP so attractive when I was a junior are the same things that can make it so appealing as a senior. For example, in one project with an an Angular and Cordova frontend I have it hooked up to Firebase. But building backend data management systems is time consuming, so WP is the v8 engine that really manages everything. I use the api to manage 70,000+ posts, tens of thousands of comments, 50,000 media files and to sell products using the WooCommerce api. Oh, and these posts have a lot of meta.

WP manages all this like a champ and allows me to spend dev time building great products. Revision and media management are two time intensive examples that are things I don't need to worry about.

WP is great as a backend core, but that message isn't being told as loudly as it should imo.

Thank you, Ryan & team for everything you have done & continue to do.