consider both 1.) the bare minimum knowledge one must know to successfully use, and 2.) the complexity of the underlying abstractions of, both a.) modern web ap

consider both 1.) the bare minimum knowledge one must know to successfully use, and 2.) the complexity of the underlying abstractions of, both a.) modern web app development and b.) Visual Basic desktop app development. not only is there much more to learn nowadays, but the stuff you have to learn is all domain-specific abstractions upon abstractions, any of which could be subject to change as frameworks' popularities wax and wane. obviously VB is not assembly by any stretch of the imagination, but consider how many layers of abstraction one forgoes in making a VB app vs. a modern web app—the situation is ridiculous.