Happy Web Dev Day!
August 7, 2020 - 1st Annual
So what is this Web Dev Day? Well there is a SysAdmin Day, Web Designer Day, and Day of the Programmer but nothing dedicated to Web Developers. So starting in 2020 we now have our own day for web devs worldwide to join together and be appreciated for all the hard work they do!
Following in the shadow of SysAdmin Day, Web Developer Appreciation Day will occur annually (hopefully) on the first Friday in August. Use this day to pay tribute to all those great people who constantly stay up to date with the web world and keep your web presence looking and functioning great.
How to appreciate?
We all know the IT department gets the short end of the stick for all we do and hardly ever gets the appreciation they deserve. Web Developers are even lower on this totem pole as the work they do seems 'easy' and use tools built by others. Some developers even get memed about for their programming language choice or for using too many frameworks but not on web dev day!
Let's take this day to appreciate all the long days spent making intensive applications and small changes that took a hundred tweaks to get that image or div aligned in just the right spot. Also for Web Devleopers to come together in comradery and not bash others for their choice in tools, we've got 364 other days to make fun of each other.
You can also show appreciation by being nice to your Web Developer or by giving gifts, because who doesn't like receiving a gift right? Some ideas below for gifts that a Web Developer would like but anything you choose would be acceptable, just not a gag gift since it's suppose to be an appreciative day.
- Doritos
- Mountian Dew or Monster energy drink
- Pizza
- Cake and Ice Cream
- Kind words
- Epic web dev tshirts
- Throw a party
Sharing Web Dev Day
Since this is the first, and hopefully not last Web Developer Appreciation Day, lets start the tag of #WebDevDay on all posts and pictures to spread awareness. Also sharing this website around wouldn't hurt either :)
Hopefully we can keep this going so we can all get the appreciation we deserve every year.
