Though I'm sure this is a sentiment held by many as they mature in their fields, I almost feel bad for people just getting started with web development today.

Though I'm sure this is a sentiment held by many as they mature in their fields, I almost feel bad for people just getting started with web development today. When I first started most web development was pretty bad. I hacked around with HTML and CSS and a little JS for mouse rollovers and that wasn't too far away from being on par with the average site out there. Now there is a much richer ecosystem of tech to use (which is awesome!) and much higher design expectations. It's a more mature field which means newcomers will need to grow up much quicker. I suppose, to balance that out there are better learning resources and better OOTB tools/libraries to get people started.