[cweagans]

There are plenty of non-web jobs out there. I started in web and I'm actively trying to move away from it.

That said: web is a great way to get your feet wet. There's more to it than just making a page look pretty. You can get exposure to a ton of different problem domains and get a decent footing in many of them just by getting really good at web dev (particularly by working on sites/applications run by larger organizations).