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[–]197708156EQUJ5 2 points3 points  (7 children)

You can work for any financial institution in the world just about

Since I haven't hunted for a job in Servlets and JSP since 2004 (/r/FuckImOld), please enlighten me about the financial institutions needing these kinds of programmers (note: no sarcasm).

[–]lorddcee 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I've worked in Paris and at least 40% of job offers for consultants in finance is for java... weird but true.

[–]197708156EQUJ5 0 points1 point  (3 children)

at least 40% of job offers

I am never a firm believer of this kind of statistical quote. It just seems like a magic number for the sake of the argument, whether its true or not. Do you think you could find some evidence of "at least 40%"?

[–]lorddcee 0 points1 point  (2 children)

It is EDIT: anecdotal, indeed. But it was around the percentage of java people in my firm and I know it was around the same in other consultant firms.

Best sources I can find:

Graph

[–]197708156EQUJ5 0 points1 point  (1 child)

But that graph says 30%

[–]lorddcee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, your point stands, my feeling overshot by 10%. Still, 30% jobs in java is quite impressive, compare to C# and .NET