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Why are web devs at the bottom of this totem pole? It's a very multi-disciplinary job, often requiring expertise in a handful of languages, UI, design, distribu
by teaearlgraycold 2y ago
Why are web devs at the bottom of this totem pole? It's a very multi-disciplinary job, often requiring expertise in a handful of languages, UI, design, distributed systems, etc.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoWeb devs, these days, are a very different animal, from the old HTML jockeys. Most rich Web sites, nowadays, have quite a bit going on (and that is often reflected in massive page loads).
- karaterobot 2y agoI don't think they should be, and I don't think that belief is as prevalent anymore. But when I was starting out, there was a real divide even between people who wrote server code and people who wrote front end code for the same product, let alone among programmers who worked on lower level or more abstract things. I assume because the web jobs were newer, and more people back in the 90s-00s had moved into those jobs from places other than the traditional CS or engineering professional tracks. But I always felt like web development was really, really hard to be good at.
- bee_rider 2y agoWeb dev looks sort of like graphic design without the artistry, from an outside point of view.
- teaearlgraycold 2y agoDepends what you’re making. And there’s a lot of non UI technical work.