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This is why I got out of areas of webdev etc that don't value deeper knowledge. I can't say how much more satisfying it is to be learning stuff that is useful f
by bjwbell 12y ago
This is why I got out of areas of webdev etc that don't value deeper knowledge. I can't say how much more satisfying it is to be learning stuff that is useful for 10 years instead of the webdev framework of the day/month/year.
- pbhjpbhj 12y agoWhat have you moved in to from webdev?
- bjwbell 12y agoLower level areas - graphics, drivers. I'm a contributor to Servo, which is new tech but if successful will be around for at least a decade.
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- jshen 12y agowebdev requires deep knowledge, it just may be a kind of knowledge you aren't interested in. Placing more value in your own pet interests is more than a little condescending.
- bjwbell 12y agoThats why I qualified by saying "areas" of webdev.
- hueving 12y agoDeep knowledge of what? The way different browsers render things? All of the Web dev I've been involved in is pretty straight forward stuff to manage records in a database or make it easier to interact with the records on a browser. The only thing remotely complex was 3d rendering. Perhaps I have a narrow view of what is considered web dev now.
- joepie91_ 12y ago"Webdev" is not fundamentally any different from any other kind of development that involves a client and server component. It just happens to be served in a web browser. You need the same underlying knowledge as for other (common) types of software development.
- emodendroket 12y agoIt certainly can. But it feels like a lot of the Web dev scene is people chasing their tails around writing yet another JavaScript library that does the same thing as one they're replacing but with slightly different syntax.
- jshen 12y agoand how is this different than dev in general?