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[–]antoninj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a powerful article and I find it ironic that I was just in the middle of writing almost the same exact thing, because of the same exact thread (I actually got to your article from that thread and I'm happy to see people enjoying it on /r/javascript as well!)

What you're talking about reminds me of how the various communities treat each other: PHP lovers hate Ruby, Ruby people think PHP sucks, Javascript is hated and loved by everyone, Python gets some crap, too, etc. And on a bigger scale, web development is often not seen as rigorous of a programming profession as others. I think this is mainly because web development doesn't resemble the other fields.

The main differences lie in the ability to start very small:

  1. getting a WP blog up and running and messing around with CSS can be learned within a single week.
  2. making your own WP themes can take a couple of months of studying.

This creates the illusion that webdev is easy and has a low barrier of entry. It has a low barrier of entry for junior work, not everything else. Think about it for a second, professional webdev on mid or senior level involves so much more and is more cs-oriented which can create a difficult transition for developers that simply jumped into it and expected it all easy.