"Web development is like an entry point for programming these days" Web development is just a _type_ of development. You're creating a hierarchy where none aug

"Web development is like an entry point for programming these days" Web development is just a _type_ of development. You're creating a hierarchy where none aught to exist. I've known many system programmers who said the same thing about data engineering: "what kind of a lame made up job is that? They write Python and SQL queries, wow, that's barely programming." It's all non-sense. You can employ techniques which vary over a wide range of sophistication to create web pages, embedded systems, or ETL pipelines. There is no clear cut hierarchy. source: Have worked as a web dev, data warehouse engineer, and release engineer.