The end is near! At least for my career as a web developer. Let's talk about that.
Back in May 2023, my cousin, who has been a web developer for years, brought me to his office. He had his own small software company, and his only purpose with that company was to design and build apps and websites for other businesses.
At that time, becoming a web developer was my dream. I always wanted to own the job I did, and he was exactly doing what I was imagining for years.
And in May of 2023, I graduated from high school, and when he heard that I also wanted to do what he was doing, he brought me to his office, and my website development career has begun.
I began with designing UIs for his projects and then learned every technology he was using and started helping him to build his projects.
Then in July of 2023, I got my first website job that's completely independent from him. And at that time, I really felt unstoppable.
Since the university has begun, I started majoring in EEE and came on this day.
For the last 3 years, I worked and built various websites for people. From single HTML pages to complex management applications for companies. And earned a good amount of money for a student.
And it was a nice experience to have. Because it gave me the ability to build almost anything I wanted as a website. And having that ability made me feel unstoppable. :)
But today, I made a decision.
Making this decision wasn't easy, but I wanted to move on.
Making websites was a fun job that I loved. But in the era of AI, it has become an unprofitable job. The biggest reason behind that is the slop called the "vibe-coding" trend. But I'm not going to talk about how AI has killed the market for freelance developers because this has nothing to do with my decision.
Each day at university, my interest in electronics and hardware-related things was taking over, and after seeing my classmates having success on some projects. I told myself, "I should get more into electronics."
After that, I've worked on 3 different projects with different groups of people. The biggest one we worked on was a motherboard for a drone with everything needed for a drone to be able to fly. That project got some attention, and when it succeeded, I wanted to work more on things like that and less on those websites.
Everything began to feel wrong when I began to work on electronics. Because all my work, projects, and future plans were based around web development, but the department I'm studying and the interest I had had nothing to do with that.
Then that success came, and it was the last nail in the coffin. After that, I decided to quit my career as a web developer.
From now on, I want to shift all my focus and work to fields more related to my department, especially embedded systems and power systems. And shape my future career around them.
Hopefully this post is gonna be a milestone for my future. I'll keep you all updated with good news. But until that, thanks for checking out! See you in the next one!
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08.04.2026