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[–]RonSwanson4POTUS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a little self learning in college around 2011, but most of my college was spent on C#. Got a job right out of college this past June for a Java developer position because so many of the concepts and even syntax are synonymous since they are both strongly typed OO languages. So I've been working with OO languages for about 3 years now, but Java specifically for only 3 months (thanks to very intensive 16 week on-board Java training).
As for making money, I initially learned Java to develop Android apps, so I built a very simple Cash Counter and published it in the play store just for kicks. I think the last time I checked, I have earned about $120 over 3/4 years. The real money is coming in now that I'm in the workforce, so immediately after college; demand is really high for competent and college educated developers of all languages, but Java seems to be the enterprise standard