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Probably? The future is hard to predict. What I will say is that there are a hell of a lot of people climbing on to the web developer bandwagon right now beca
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
Probably? The future is hard to predict. What I will say is that there are a hell of a lot of people climbing on to the web developer bandwagon right now because the barrier to entry is low and that there will eventually be an immense shake-out.
Are you committed enough and talented enough to survive that shake-out? Or will you wind up like the fellow in the apocryphal "Will code HTML for food" pic that's been floating around the Internet since the dot-com bust? Only you can decide that.
- futureastronaut 7y agoIs there any evidence for the "shake-out"? I haven't seen it in 20 years, demand for new web applications continues to outpace supply of competent developers. A recession is not a "shake-out" because it hits experienced developers hardest, if anything it's an opportunity for green developers.
- ThrowawayR2 7y ago> I haven't seen it in 20 years Really? 19 years ago was the start of the dot com implosion and the wailing and gnashing of teeth from suddenly unemployed web developers trying to find new jobs was well nigh deafening. The drought of jobs lasted for several years.
- futureastronaut 7y agoLike I said, it hits the experienced people hardest. At the bottom of the bust, there were still tons of new web properties going up, redesigns happening, and so on, and you could absolutely get a job building websites. I know plenty of people who got started in the industry at that time. I'm very bullish about the future for web developers until we see the web contract as a platform. And I think we have a long way to go until that happens.