1. I have no idea why you think it isn't hard to find good developers. Apart from this project I can tell you that they are not easy to find and almost none are looking for work (some are always looking for better work though, but see #2 below).

2. The biggest issue with developers won't be solved by a little bit of funding here or there. People looking for a full time job are not candidates unless we have a whole lot more funding, because we are light years away from having the sort of ongoing budget that would be needed to hire people in that manner. When hiring people looking for project/freelance work, some work out, some don't (and even the ones who do work out require a lot of involvement with the core team) and it is hard to keep continuity because they have other clients and other potential projects come along.

This coin needs to grow, a lot, before it makes sense for the project to be hiring full time people (which would only come with large sponsorship that could only come with growth) or for Monero-related businesses pay people to work on the core technology (as they do for bitcoin).

So build software and services, spread the word, and hopefully something significant can begin to take hold. Otherwise we are just fooling ourselves here. Let's face it, a coin -- no matter how good -- doesn't do anything by itself, it can only be useful for doing other things.

..What is the alternative?  ...

...It is also critical to privacy because otherwise miners can be in a position to start imposing requirements (such as identification) on transactions.

... But to really be effective, we need to build the community and network of applications (beyond mining, exchanges, and specualtion -- that's a start, but not useful long term).

I don't quite understand this.

And Market integration. Is there any thoughts on something like Open Bazaar?

Main question: are the dev's paid?

Who am I to say that?

I am a single XMR miner & supporter.

What is the best programming language to learn for Monero?

I have a lot of time on my hands and much motivation.

Yeah, I'm aware of it. Just liked this coin so much, until those days when price gone so madly down.

But no projects, like app's and market use of currency to make it spendable as a Bitcoin.

Something that make people want it. Somewhere to spend it. Not just buy and sell.

I have a couple of nice, short (xmr.) domains.
Would like the idea to use them. I don't need to earn, just to make something that can be good for this coin.
So, domain + hosting = I have. Idea = I don't and would like suggestion(s).
I am good in php and SQL. OK with javascript too.
I know it's not much of knowledge, but that I can offer.