I am Happy Not To Be A Web Developer Anymore
As a former web developer, I am relieved to say that I am happy not to be in that field anymore. For years, I worked tirelessly to create websites and web applications, but eventually, I found that the constant pressure and demanding nature of the job took a toll on my mental and physical well-being.
There are several reasons why I am relieved to be out of the web development game. Firstly, the ever-changing landscape of technology and the need to constantly learn new programming languages and frameworks became exhausting. It felt like I was always one step behind, and I found it difficult to keep up with the rapid pace of innovation in the industry.
Additionally, the long hours and tight deadlines made it difficult to find a healthy work-life balance. I often found myself working late into the night and on weekends, which had a negative impact on my personal life and relationships.
Furthermore, the pressure to deliver flawless, bug-free code was incredibly stressful. The smallest mistake could result in a website crashing or an application malfunctioning, and the responsibility weighed heavily on me. It became difficult to enjoy the creative aspect of web development when the fear of making a mistake was constantly looming over me.
Now that I have moved on from web development, I feel a sense of relief and freedom. I have found a new career path that allows me to utilize my skills in a less demanding and more fulfilling way. I am able to work regular hours, take time for self-care, and enjoy a healthier work-life balance.
Of course, I am grateful for the experience and knowledge that I gained during my time as a web developer, but I am also grateful to have found a new path that brings me more joy and satisfaction. I am happy not to be a web developer anymore, and I look forward to the new opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
Devs : Microsoft your APIs cause carpal tunnel
Microsoft : Our APIs are bundled with Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard and mouse (paid separately )
Devs : Microsoft is such a great company
15:30 its NOT progression at all, i started coding in the 80s too and most of the stuff today in (web)development seems to be just another different approach to solve something in another inefficient way. Thats why the stuff gets abandoned so quickly, if it was any good, IT WOULD LAST longer.
Frameworks in coding is the same like shitcoins in crypto, as long as there is a huge demand from the hype-loving audience the more hype-BS will continue flooding the market.
Btw, some of the things you mentioned in regards to programming languages is misleading, convenience-features are not an indicator for progression, if you could have implement it before as a helper function thats a sure sign it doesnt count as a progression for the coding-language itfself.
I still get most of my web sh*t done without any preprocessors and some huge build-pipeline, text-editor is still enough and breaking a huge task into manageable fragments seems to be a skill that got totaly lost, we have quiet the opposit, even trivial tasks get blown out of proportion, everyrhing seems to be bloatware these days.
Yin&Yang, for the pro's of moores law on one side, every two years there is a new generation of coders that introduce coding practices that result in inefficiency and redundancies and arent even aware of it that they are counteracting moores law with inefficient solutions.
Damn! the first paragraph is literally the story of my life as well. I started using XMLHttpRequest way before it was popular, I basically had an SPA chat with draggable windows, the backend was ASP 3.0 connected to an Access file database xD I still have that code BTW.
I'm so glad to see this article because i can relate 100% as i was free lancing LAMP stack at the turn of the century just as PHP 4 was replacing PHP 3 and it was like 2003 i sort of burnt out on my computer and got into IRL stuff…. Well now I'm burnt out on IRL stuff and feel like doing computer things again but have been really surprised at the requirements needed to publish what was once known as a, 'Website' and now referred to as a Static Web Application. All the frameworks are wild and i can't seem to comprehend the whole ReAct situation and how it's used to make websites but it's not actually made to make websites? Everything has simply moved way beyond the days of Personal Homepages and the Internet seems geared towards a more corporate enterprise type of system used to erect the web app behind the scenes. No more hobbiest websites to be made for fun…
So yeah idk…i feel like although Web Dev and making e-commerce websites may be out of my reach, I'm curious about the state of the Cloud Computing expertise as i feel like becoming proficient in GCP or Azure could be a sort of parallel pocket of tech proficiency in demand today just to accomplish basic Internet things like webdev was needed 20yrs ago!
Perhaps i can think of Azure and GCP expertise and knowledge being the modern day LAMP and phpMyAdmin knowledge of my distant past? 🤔🤨🧐
Why do you omit the first and last characters when you highlight. It feels like some kind of Jedi mind trick to get people like me to comment and drive engagement. It’s keeping me up at night.
Worse yet you aren’t consistent enough to where I get completely used to it. Every time you highlight I get anxiety.
0:28 Rodney Mullen ❤
I only use static just to spit in JS' face
jQuery is the GOAT
"back in my days tears"😂
Boomer argument about how it’s hard and complicated and to get off the lawn…
That old guy just suck,if he leave web dev then go to mobile dev,that sound more realitic 😂
300K incoming!!
Just go with T3 stack lmao
Web applications are bullshit. Almost all websites people use are just text and images. And they can't even do that without Javascript. Fuck web "applications".
Can't believe there was no mention of Rodney vs Daewon, peak picnic table usage!!
rip borderlands
Did the writer live in this same last decade? Everything f..king changed a lot!
Rewrite often, friends.
The guy who wrote this article definitely made a lot of good points, but the sentence "I don't use many open-source packages beyond Swift math libraries, and most of the code I write is not something you would find anywhere" makes this guy a walking red flag on any team. Tbh it partially ruined the article for me. I don't want to work with someone who is so sure of themselves that they'll never use open source libs that aren't their own creation. This guy's condescension is off the charts.
10:30 Ha ha ah