Eh, there's definitely some value in it. Despite a lot of web agencies and startups focusing more on Javascript frameworks and whatever programming language is

Eh, there's definitely some value in it. Despite a lot of web agencies and startups focusing more on Javascript frameworks and whatever programming language is in vogue at the moment, there's also a 'low end' web development world which just delivers simple sites and projects. Like say, the freelancers who sell premade WordPress themes with the logo and content swapped out. Or smaller agencies that are pretty much either pure HTML/CSS or HTML/CSS as a WordPress theme with no custom functionality besides premade plugins. These folks are less common at events (hence the lack of response to the article author), but they definitely exist out there. There's also obviously people who do HTML/CSS as part of a different role (like say, desugn or marketing), or those few unlucky souls stuck doing nothing but email templates. So there are jobs out for people who specialise in purely HTML and CSS, as well as opportunities to made in the market. They're just nowhere near as glamorous or high paying as say, working at a large tech company. On another note, I definitely agree with the article point about how expecting people to 'know everything' can be worse than letting them focus on something they're good at. Way too many job descriptions ask for 'experience' like: In depth knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Node.js, Angular,PHP, MySQL, Python, Ruby on Rails, Go, Perl, ColdFusion, WordPress, Drupal, Magento, SEO, content writing, server configuration and tea making. Not sure who exactly is that generalist, but they probably wouldn't have much actual knowledge about any of those things.