Doing the work you love is hard when teams don't hire for it.

Even before the web developer job market became as dire as it is today, I was regularly seeing developers burn out and leave the industry. Some left for good; some only temporarily.

I’m coming to realize that a lot of my dissatisfaction with the state of the web is that I view web development as a craft, but as a profession we’re in the late-stage industrial age. I prefer a web of hand-laid bricks placed by skilled masons. The industry wants poured, stamped concrete. I want a web of bespoke suits. The industry wants mass-produced fast-fashion. Why learn CSS when you can just slap some Tailwind on things?

Part III: Now where do I go? I've been on hiatus for a while and there were factors that forced me into it, factors that I continue to see forced on other people to make impossible choices in their lives to this day.

Part II: How did I get there? I've been on hiatus for a while and there were factors that forced me into it, factors that I continue to see forced on other people to make impossible choices in their lives to this day.

Part I: Where was I? I've been on hiatus for a while and there were factors that forced me into it, factors that I continue to see forced on other people to make impossible choices in their lives to this day.