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> Most of the potential talent has a subtle disdain for web work, everyone wants to be a game dev or do stuff that's math-heavy or algorithmic. Many of us have
by alexbecker 12y ago
> Most of the potential talent has a subtle disdain for web work, everyone wants to be a game dev or do stuff that's math-heavy or algorithmic.
Many of us have a not-so-subtle disdain for it, too. (I'm not saying I don't respect web devs--quite the contrary--but I hate writing JS/PHP)
- jghn 12y agoAgreed. While I completely disagree w/ the statement that webdev is de facto more difficult than other softeng fields, there are difficult challenges that they face. However, I wouldn't touch webdev with a 10 foot pole, at least not the front end stuff. While not intellectually complicated, there's something about that stuff which makes my eyes cross, my head hurt and my brain melt.
- pg_is_a_butt 12y agomaybe it's your crossed eyes, hurt head, and melted brain that are the problem in the first place
- walshemj 12y agoWell technical programming has always looked down on "commercial" programming even more so if you work at the high end. I recall a female friend of mine who sighed and obviously though I had sold out when I switched from pure technical (on campus at CIT) to more commercial job working for a big civils constancy