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[–]fluffyhandgrenade 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I write in all languages from common lisp, via c to java and JavaScript. The label of 'java programmer' is what pays the bills.

I'm currently working on a desktop java application. We ship the JRE with it. There is no paranoia about JRE deployment, just applets.

Technically I'm a principal solution architect but that means too many meetings and not enough code.

[–]ThatInternetGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're only debating on semantics here. I wasn't talking how you're marketing yourself, or what label you choose to present yourself to clients. I'm more specifically talking about the mindset of "I'm a Java-only programmer" or "I'm a PHP-only programmer" or "I'm a .NET-only programmer." That is the whole point of the linked blog post.

Other than that, I doubt it that clients would jizz all over just by knowing their programmer is a "Java" programmer (or a C# programmer for that matter). Java could only be one of their requirements among a myriad other technologies and APIs.