Louis C.K. self distribution experiment is a success

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I'm not a web designer, but I could have built that website for him for free.

Did Google get taken for a ride too? I mean their pages look so simple. What about Facebook? Or companies like GrubHub. They shouldn't pay anything because the site looks simple...

Web programming is a lot like an ice berg. You only see the surface and it looks so small and easy. If you looked under the hood though it is far more complicated. There is far more to the site than you see...

It has to handle large volumes of traffic which takes planning and good code. There is also a lot that has to be done on a security level.

There is a reason web devs are not paid minimum wage even though everyone like you thinks it can be done for free by kids in their bedrooms while playing Skyrim.

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Nice. Just got it!

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There is a reason web devs are not paid minimum wage even though everyone like you thinks it can be done for free by kids in their bedrooms while playing Skyrim.

+1. Client demands will also often times require custom back end systems for convenience/efficiency and to simplify things for less technical users. Not to mention all the statistical tracking, marketing, and search engine optimization work that goes on as well. And if you want to keep things secure then stuff like server management, regular updates (patching exploits), and well written code is necessary. Real web developers should at least know HTML/CSS/PHP or ASP.NET/JavaScript/SQL and have knowledge with servers, custom cron scripts, ssh, etc.