I wrote a blog on this problem for Drupal a while ago - but with a particular focus on the fact that Drupal has a 'talent problem' precisely because of what the

I wrote a blog on this problem for Drupal a while ago - but with a particular focus on the fact that Drupal has a 'talent problem' precisely because of what the article says (Drupal is not fun for developers and, moreover, fails to promote learning). You can read it here: http://room271.net/2012/05/24/developers-and-drupal.html http://room271.net/2012/05/24/developers-and-drupal.html I worked on Drupal for ~1 year and wrote very little custom code. The caveat is that core developers working at one of the top Drupal shops do get to write interesting code, but they are the exception rather than the norm. ps. still a big fan of Drupal, just don't want it to be my day-to-day work.