You're right that there is a lot to learn, but on the other hand, having come to it in the last 5 years or so, there is a lot going for us in that a lot of us a

You're right that there is a lot to learn, but on the other hand, having come to it in the last 5 years or so, there is a lot going for us in that a lot of us are just customizing already built FOSS software. For instance, although I am trying to cut down on the WordPress projects that I am doing (I am working on projects in a bespoke PHP framework), WP allowed me to have a project up and running and not worry about a lot of the things that I now worry about, all without learning every element of the web. That said, there are a lot of things that I didn't know (and I am sure that I still don't know) which led to my projects being worse than they had to be... but my point is that for a lot of folks starting out the bar is very low depending on what kind of projects they are working on: it's not necessary to design an app from the ground up to do useful work on the web.