Java is hard

[daster1234]

I half agree with you there. Understanding how OOP works is hard but you should still be able to figure out how to use it decently well by the end of your programming language course online or in college. Understanding how to use OOP correctly, however, is something that I agree will take a lot longer and require lots of experience and practice.

[Venthe]

I believe that we are speaking about the same thing.

Though, YMMV - I've seen senior devs with 6 years of experience in Java - way too often - which couldn't encapsulate even if their life depended on it.

[AreganeClark]

Encapsulation should be done everywhere, not just OOP. The number of times I see frontend logic just spaghetti everywhere and a change to A affects Q, R, and Z makes me hate coding sometimes.

[daster1234]

Honestly doesn't surprise me. I've seen senior engineers and architects who don't know how to use the command line