For some of us that have been writing HTML since the 90s, it's easy to lay back and say "it won't get any better than this" as far as front-end development and client-side technologies are concerned. We have seen first-hand how the craft has improved over the years from the primitive HTML tags, faulty browsers, and lack of community to the modern compliant browsers, convenience of stylesheets, and the ultra cool javascript libraries and frameworks not to mention support from hundreds of active developer communities. So it's easy to think this is the pinnacle for our tools of the trade.
But let's think for a minute about those who began their career as web developers just a few short years ago. Everything that we old schoolers have come to appreciate and find fascinating are taken for granted by web dev/design newbies. To them, the technology is nothing new. It could have existed since the stone age for all they know. No one thinks about the origins of things in the web profession. And just like how we were distressed and annoyed with the limitation of the technologies of the time in the 90s, the newbies are going through the same phase. They aren't satisfied with what they're given. They complain about the limitations of the CSS. They complain about the browsers not being perfect. We (veterans) complain too but not with as much vengeance. The newbies' frustrations are compounded by the lack of initial appreciation which make it much stronger.
But you know what? That is a great thing. Because from that mentality, and from that very cycle that web professionals go through, comes new great ideas and continuous improvements. If it weren't for all our frustrations and dissatisfaction, we might have not had the tools that we use today. It's important that you complain. It's important to want more. It's important to think that nothing is an end product and everything is a beginning.
