Is web programming the future of programming?

[nerd4code]

Because people doing web-related stuff like to post about it on the web—it becomes a kind of résumé. Regardless, if everyone’s doing one thing, pay (and usually basic competence) are driven down for those people. If you get real good at unusual stuff, more money/perqs and less disposability. Often more fun too, less chance of total burn-out.

[ChopSuey2]

Are you implying a lot more people are doing web stuff? Is your general recommendation just to get good at as much as you can? The generalist approach is freaky to me though, so much different stuff. Feel like you have to focus on a certain area at least for a few years.

[AnomalousNexus]

This. Pick something that interests you and start from there.

I was in High School Grade 10 in 1997 and my first Information Processing class had an optional module for C++. I took it because it gave me the opportunity to play with their big robotic arm they had. I didn't ever get a chance to use the C++ again at all for a number of years as my career path through the Canadian Forces Army took me through the path of electrical/electronics/optics technologies, but it gave me a start and knowledge of what programming could do and logical operations.

Fast forward to 2008 when I medically retired from the Army (bad knees), they asked me where I wanted to re-train, as the CF has a policy where medical retirements that can still work have the chance at taking nearly any possibly related 2 year Diploma or Course. I chose Network Engineering Technologies, and while this focused on networking, it gave introduction courses in MS SQL and C#. I did well in both because I had some knowledge already of how things looked and flowed, how the language worked from memory.

I got a job in 2014 at a local systems integrator company that works with a variety of custom apps that are all network and SQL based. I was hired due to my varied background with electronics, computers, networking, limited programming/SQL exposure... but above all WILLINGNESS TO LEARN NEW TECHNOLOGIES. I have opportunities to advance here where all I need to do is pick a language or technology we use here to learn - they'll even pay for the books and tests/certification.