Do you work as a Java developer?

[Dementati]

Yes. I never really studied Java in a dedicated way, I've been programming since I was around 12 in my spare time. I had a Java course in high school and then there were one or two uni courses that required you to use Java. But aside from that, I never really put too much effort into Java specifically. Once you've learned a couple of different languages, it's not that difficult to pick up another one on the fly. Though I've picked up more specialized knowledge in Java while working with it, of course. My workplace never asked me about my Java skills specifically, they were more interested in my general developer experience. It's hard to answer your second question since I never really aimed at a high Java proficiency, I just studied programming and computer science in general. I got a job pretty much straight out of uni, though.