This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Michael Grechka
When I started learning web development back in 2019, I had the same doubts as everyone else. Even then, website builders were around, and people were already saying (oh no!) that they’d replace all web developers. This concern was always there, but it didn’t stop me from exploring the world of development.
By 2020, when I was finally making some progress, WebAssembly was starting to gain traction. People said it could make front-end developers obsolete by letting programmers compile languages like C# into WASM, so you could have a website written entirely in C#. Why bother learning JavaScript, right?
Then, in 2021, I noticed mobile development taking off, especially with Flutter. It seemed like you could build cross-platform apps for anything, including the web. That made me wonder if websites would even be needed anymore, with mobile apps growing so fast.
In 2022, GitHub Copilot arrived and scared everyone who saw it. Who would’ve thought a programmer could just write plain English, and the program would generate the code automatically? Yet here we are, and the world didn’t end.
Fast forward to 2023, and we started hearing more about the IT job market being oversaturated. Tons of people were coming out of boot camps claiming to have 10 years of experience after just a 3-month crash course. Job postings would get 200 applications within hours. Suddenly, just knowing how to code wasn’t enough anymore. Hiring became a mess.
Now it’s 2024. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini… Programmers? Who needs them when AI is taking over everything?
Looking back, I’ve realized that there’s always been something to worry about. It’s human nature to doubt. And yeah, it’s scary to think you might waste time on something that could end up being pointless. But those are just fears and excuses.
People have always questioned whether web development is still worth it, and you could spend forever doubting yourself. But over the past five years, you could’ve built a solid career. There will always be reasons not to dive into web development, but the web will keep evolving. So the real question is…
... is it too late to learn web development in 2025? 🤣
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Michael Grechka
Michael Grechka | Sciencx (2024-09-07T22:38:00+00:00) Is it too late to become a web developer in X year? 🤔. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2024/09/07/is-it-too-late-to-become-a-web-developer-in-x-year-%f0%9f%a4%94/
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