It's a lot easier than you think to become a developer who can create products that have value.
OTOH, I've been coding for > 20 years, majored in CS, and I'm still light years away from the C hackers I see often around here.
Just depends on your goals. Keep improving. Web apps aren't difficult to become proficient at creating. Hacking the linux kernel or building realtime trading systems is a lot harder.
It's a lot easier than you think to become a developer who can create products that have value.
OTOH, I've been coding for > 20 years, majored in CS, and I'm still light years away from the C hackers I see often around here.
Just depends on your goals. Keep improving. Web apps aren't difficult to become proficient at creating. Hacking the linux kernel or building realtime trading systems is a lot harder.