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The Web Development Skills Crisis

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister raises questions regarding Web development skills in an era of constant innovation. Sure, low barriers to entry give underdog technologies ample opportunity to thrive without the backing of name-brand vendors. But doesn't this fragmentation of the Web development market put undue pressure on developers to specialize? Choosing one tool to be your bread and butter from a field this broad is one thing, McAllister writes. Recruiting talent for a Web project when your technology requirements eliminate most of the applicants is another. The result is a crisis, McAllister concludes, one in which maintaining a marketable skill set gets more and more difficult as the so-called state of the art changes on an almost daily basis."

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  1. and how... by speedtux · · Score: 0, Troll

    How is a pension supposed to turn a bad web developer into a good one?

  2. Re:Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you get sick on the job from stress, you're a fucking pussy.

    Seriously. YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT. So get the fuck out.

  3. Re:As an steam turbine engineer... by ViralInfection · · Score: 0, Troll

    i #!'d ur wife

  4. Re:Really? by iowannaski · · Score: -1, Troll

    It really doesn't sound like you were very good at your job. It's nothing to get upset about - the average person is relatively bad at fully half the things they try. Put the average person into a specialized job, and there is probably a 95% chance that they will be relatively bad at it. That said, nobody owes you an imaginary-deity-damned thing in life. You are one of the privileged few (relatively) humans who has ever held a job as good as your former one. Be grateful for that, and try to stop being such a fucking whiner.

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    i forget