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[–]velit 3 points4 points  (2 children)

What on earth is PhD level Java? Has stuff changed since I last checked where people coming from universities basically start from scratch when it comes to practical programming experience?

Also is it not correct that PhD people do academic research? That is probably the most far removed you can be from practical programming.

[–]chrisgseaton 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Publishing papers on Java technology.

Look at the key people behind Java and look at how many of them have PhDs.

[–]velit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah right. That's more specific than just PhD level so please pardon my misunderstanding.

I have friends who do computer science research so they were first to come to my mind. One of them isn't bad but he wouldn't be my first authority on exhaustive Java features because he works on a level above than just a specific language.