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pziecina
pziecina
Legend
July 11, 2019

I wonder how much knowledge both the clients and those building the sites for them really have.

Another example of why the lower end of the profession is failing.

Edit - Also do not forget that there is no indication of where in the world, the people offering to build sites for $5 or $100 are based. There are many countries in which even $5 is a good days pay, and $100 is very good money. Adobe did not move development to India for any other reason, except it was cheaper.

It's a world market now, even for companies like Adobe.

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osgood_
Legend
July 11, 2019

pziecina  wrote

I wonder how much knowledge both the clients and those building the sites for them really have.

Another example of why the lower end of the profession is failing.

Edit - Also do not forget that there is no indication of where in the world, the people offering to build sites for $5 or $100 are based. There are many countries in which even $5 is a good days pay, and $100 is very good money. Adobe did not move development to India for any other reason, except it was cheaper.

It's a world market now, even for companies like Adobe.

I wouldn't want to be starting out as web-developer now as it has such a low status attached to it. Only a few can command what their skill level is really worth these days. It was once an admirable and somewhat skilful profession at any level but accessibility to all and a choice from a world wide market has removed the respect.

pziecina
pziecina
Legend
July 11, 2019

osgood_  wrote

I wouldn't want to be starting out as web-developer now as it has such a low status attached to it. Only a few can command what their skill level is really worth these days. It was once an admirable and somewhat skilful profession at any level but accessibility to all and a choice from a world wide market has removed the respect.

Why would anyone pay more than they have to for a quick and easy website?

There is still plenty of respect for developers, but only at the higher end of design/development, and not for those building sites at the lower end of requirements. Static sites or even those using wordpress for cms, are no longer going to provide a good living as long as the typical quality of the site being built, (that includes the code) can be built by anyone in a day.

The problem is that Dw mainly caters for those at the lower end, and offers no means of competing any higher in the development requirements, than those building the five dollar sites.

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osgood_
Legend
July 11, 2019

This has been covered a lot recently on youtube:

Paying People To Create $5 Websites On Fiverr - YouTube

Edited:

Opps....... only clicked on your last link. Sorry for re-posting the link. The first link I found hilarious. We are doomed!

B i r n o u
B i r n o u
Legend
July 11, 2019

Thank you Nancy for this kind of link....  I find them refreshing and contextualizing of reality...

BenPleysier
Community Expert
BenPleysierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 11, 2019

An indication of what we are up against.

Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!
B i r n o u
B i r n o u
Legend
July 11, 2019

and without wanting to be a party breeze.... :), a Basic model, at $100 for 4 pages, and although it is in the market prices is a little expensive...

the price of the templates has dropped and the unlimited subscription has become derisory... just replace the images and text with its content... put online for free and it's youps....half an hour... an hour at the most... and that's it.

I know a few teams that do this for a little less money

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