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I agree that the author seems to be conflating front-end development with web design, two different fields requiring two different skillsets.
by fumplethumb 9y ago
I agree that the author seems to be conflating front-end development with web design, two different fields requiring two different skillsets.
- curtis 9y agoI think many of the people coming into the software engineering field by unconventional paths often start out as web designers and then move on to web development. One reason these people may be making less money than software engineers working on the back end is that they have far less experience. I started programming at 13, spent 5 years getting a computer science degree, and now I've spent my entire career doing software development. If you consider my level of experience at say 28 vs someone who first learned to program only in their mid-to-late-20s, there's a big difference. Also many people who move from web design to web development may stay there, not because they're stuck, but because it already pays pretty well and they like it.