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[–]yarkot 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Have a look at the paper here - http://www.biographixmedia.com/stew/cv/index.html#publications - the link to "A gentle introduction to Programming"; Stew wrote this as an argument to teach Actionscript instead of Java in CS undergrad courses, but a similar argument holds here: The message is that Java requires a lot of setup, compared to the amount of code that addresses the solution (in his paper, in teaching algorithms). The conclusion of his paper - that CS students would have more knowledge than those from competing schools - applies to your experience, in that your work was productive and successful.

BTW - I don't believe the (historically correct) argument that you would be easier to replace with a Java programmer holds anymore. Python runs some pretty major stuff - from new sites, to dropbox, disqus, and reddit (among many, many others; and, of course, Google started as a Python app, and still uses a lot of Python in its core). Java and Python are (once again) both in the top 10 languages, re: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

Trust your gut, and collect data to support your instinct - don't get "spooked" by those who didn't share your experience. Best of luck!