I suppose, but I think it's the javascript "nature" ( dynamic typing along with the scripting style of wanting to be a "swiss knife" to solve all problems ). Javascript, like perl and even C, gives you a lot of rope to hang yourself. And like perl and C, javascript initially seems simple and easy and it deceives you into thinking novices know what they are doing.

> and an influx of low skill developers with no diploma.

That's true of all languages though. Plenty of incompetent developers at all levels and all languages. I don't think it's a javascript issue.