The headline of the article questions, “In today’s world, web developers have it all: money, perks, freedom, respect. But is there value in what we do?”
My executive director at the company I carried out my internship said this to me: “I don’t care about how good you are with Adobe programs; it’s not about the skill nor how fast your hands are. It’s about the creativity in your head that differentiates you from all the designers out there you are competing with.”
Sooner or later, technical labors and steps in designing will be handed down to automated programs or workers. So this brings me into the question of, if there is not a creative process in the idea of web developing, is it really worth it like he is questioning? Somers goes on to say, “I am merely a user of this thing. I didn’t make it. I just read the instruction manual. In fact, I’m especially coveted in the job market because I read the instruction manual particularly carefully. Because I’m assiduous and patient with instruction manuals in general. But that’s all there is to it.” Again, it is how one defines the word “value” in his question, but either way—I don’t think it is worth it. Not for Somers, for sure. He is definitely not enjoying what he does to his fullest, so far as to ask if web developing is worth it. It is definitely getting him the money like he is stating multiple of times, but is he enjoying himself? What is he getting out of his life by doing this, other than money? If his priority value is his high income, that maybe we can agree with his question.