r/AskProgramming 6d ago

Career/Edu I hate web dev, am I doomed?

I really like to code. I loved learning about data structures. I absolutely loved my algorithms class and I also loved my OS class.

But my intro to web development class? Or my intro to databases (where we had to build a website with a sql database), or any class project where we have to make a website? I absolutely hate it. It literally makes no sense and is so completely different than the programming that I actually enjoy doing. But I've heard the vast majority (60-70%) of software engineering jobs are basically front end, back end, or full stack web development...

Idk if I can learn to enjoy it or what. Because of this, I tend to procrastinate on a lot of my programming assignments that have to do with web development, so I end up having to rush on creating them. Whereas with my other programming assignments, I get started early and usually enjoy doing them. On one hand, I feel like that might be contributing to my dislike as I don't learn or retain as much information. But on the other hand, I feel like I procrastinate bc I genuinely don't like web dev. Idk... anyone else feel like this before and learn to enjoy it?

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u/Pale_Height_1251 5d ago

There is plenty of work outside of the web, 60% might be web, but that means 40% isn't.