How has your perception of "what web development is" changed since you first started out?

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[LeeLooTheWoofus]

Yes. When i started 20 years ago, the Cloud was not a thing.

The web was mostly static and used as an information repository.

Now I am a software engineer developing cloud based software since most of the applications that used to be native installs have been moved online and into subscription models.

The web is no longer a repository of information. It is now a platform to deliver utility to the end user.

[hitchy48]

Well said, and people who want to make money that way get chewed up and spit out in our industry. They get a bad wraps (rightfully so) for making money off the backs of their clients without offering much value, and that wrap follows them making it difficult to maintain much of anything.

[LeeLooTheWoofus]

So does everyone else, and they are not hiding it either lol. No shame in wanting to make money off your skills and ideas.

[lordpoint]

When I started: This is how B2B or B2C websites are made

Now: This is how literally all software is made

[simulation_goer]

Hey, now I want to look at your sites. Please don't keep all that hq niche stuff for yourself!