[baybal2]

>I picked up Python at 14 and that had absolutely no barriers for entry other than installing IDLE on a laptop.

Will you ever be employed by a "serious company" to make commercial desktop software just for few demos you show from your laptop?

[PrimHelios]

I set up an entire flask dev environment with one pip command, too. Still no real barrier to entry, at least not any more than front-end development.

[baybal2]

I would say: 1 loose portfolio of demos without any history of signed off successful projects will still be getting you a decent job in webdev, but for sure not in commercial desktop software industry

[PrimHelios]

Ah, I see what you mean. I can't really comment any further as I don't know what it takes to get hired as a webdev, but I'll take your word for it.