This was really funny, thanks! As I finished reading, I realized how ridiculously much I've had to learn over the past ~15 years as a web dev. Things have chan

This was really funny, thanks! As I finished reading, I realized how ridiculously much I've had to learn over the past ~15 years as a web dev. Things have changed so much on so many levels. For example, just over the past week, I've had to set up a server, a CI tool, install and configure some databases, built an app using a bunch of different languages, frameworks and whatnot, learn a new language, etc. The reason I'm saying this is because the number of skills I've acquired so far would have seemed absolutely daunting years ago. A lot of these skills are of course perishable, but the sheer number of concepts you have to keep in mind at any one time when working in web dev is ridiculous (though interesting for the most part).[1] Over the years I've spoken to a lot of kids who wanted to learn web development, and I'm never quite sure what to say. On one hand I really want them to see how cool it can be, on the other hand I'm always concerned I might scare them when I explain how you achieve cool things. I love what I do, but if you want to properly understand the tools you're using, web dev isn't for the faint of heart these days. [1] I'm not saying this doesn't apply to other fields, web dev just happens to be the one I know the best.