Elitist Coders

jazzc said:

You just have no idea about editing/implementing whatever you need in WP. That's not WP's (or any other platform's) problem.

Now, to the original question - people complaining incessantly about X (where X is usually Javascript, WP, jQuery, VB etc) generally fall into these categories:

* Wannabies who want to play the "hey, I'm cool" game

* Burned out people from bad experiences with bad teams

* Code-monkies

* Butt-hurt people who see others make easier and more money with fewer academic records

* Plain stupid people who don't posses project assessment and architecture skills

Each tool has its place in the world of software and services.

Source: Me. I am an extremely elitist engineer, working with bleeding edge toolsets, including languages that have less than 100 devs in total around the world. I also work with WP and all the "un-cool" things when that's the best choice for the problem/cost.

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sizkor said:

This should not be a debate. Both (WP & custom-built) websites have their own use cases. If you're looking to throw up a scrappy blog or do some kind of basic website quickly, sure, WordPress is fine.

For any kind of web application that requires complex features or needs to be able to scale without issues, using WordPress is pretty much a ticking time bomb. No highly reputable web application depends on the infrastructure of WordPress. It's just not reliable enough. That's why WP developers get paid less.

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