Why do people look down on web developers?

I'm a web developer and I'm annoyed at how people who primarily do desktop development think they're better than me. I know shit like C++ and Java too, you know.

There is literally nothing wrong with being a web developer.

>>6
yeah I'm totally gonna use lisp in a browser (or whatever other boomer language /prog/ is into these days)

oh wait, no

people don't use JS because of its type system or paradigm or inheritance or some shit

people use it because you can run it in a browser

>>7
buddy, everyday web developers aren't out there to reinvent the wheel or recreate tools
I'm just here to make presentable products, even if my tools could theoretically be more optimized
you don't need to do something perfectly, just well enough
developer time is expensive, so trying to optimize everything means higher cost, but the whole point of this industry is to make money, so that'd be self-defeating

just let the open source autists waste all their free time developing better stuff so that we can benefit from using it without having to work for free Edited on 30/07/2018 02:57.

>>6
yeah I'm totally gonna use lisp in a browser (or whatever other boomer language /prog/ is into these days)

oh wait, no

people don't use JS or its type system or paradigm or inheritance or some shit
people don't use JS because of its type system or paradigm or inheritance or some shit

people use it because you can run it in a browser
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>>7↵
buddy, everyday web developers aren't out there to reinvent the wheel or recreate tools↵
I'm just here to make presentable products, even if my tools could theoretically be more optimized↵
you don't need to do something perfectly, just well enough↵
developer time is expensive, so trying to optimize everything means higher cost, but the whole point of this industry is to make money, so that'd be self-defeating↵
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just let the open source autists waste all their free time developing better stuff so that we can benefit from using it without having to work for free