So, what we lost is that people no longer have to spend years developing in lower level languages like C before being able to become competent programmers? Mayb

So, what we lost is that people no longer have to spend years developing in lower level languages like C before being able to become competent programmers? Maybe I could understand his point of view better if the author explained explicitly why he was pessimistic about the future of web programming instead of just vaguely mentioning that skills have been lost and he has "no reasons to be optimistic". I guess it's just a pet peeve of mine when people present an argument without actually taking the time to bring forward any specific reason for the stance they are taking. It's like they are expecting the commentators to do all the work supporting or refuting their assertions.