Ask HN: Would you rather be a great mobile programmer or a great web programmer?

1 points by scottilee 14 years ago | 2 comments

Late last year, Fred Wilson (a VC at Union Square Ventures) wrote a two-part post entitled "Mobile First Web Second." [1]

It made me wonder, would people nowadays rather be really great mobile programmers or really great web programmers? Certainly, mobile apps are growing more and more important but we can't deny the continuing importance of web apps either.

[1] http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/09/mobile-first-web-second.html; http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/11/mobile-first-web-second-continued.html

pedalpete 14 years ago |

I'll add to your question with another question, I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I think it is relevant.

Is there such thing as a "great mobile programmer" vs. a "great web programmer"? My thinking is that a great programmer is a great programmer. It isn't the way they approach a language, toolset or technology as much as it is how they approach and manage what they are developing.

But that is just my perspective, I could be wrong.

On the mobile first, web second, I think Fred Wilson may be correct in the target device, but I don't think that mobile should mean native in the early stages, as native development (from my understanding) does not have the ability to run a/b tests, quick iterations, fixes (due to app store approvals), etc.

codgercoder 14 years ago |

depends on which is employable longer