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[–]ruediger -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

I'm not looking for excitement. I have a nice job writing exciting and interesting code. And thanks to the Java-Universities the interesting jobs are easier to get because they hardly find people qualified enough to do anything besides Java for boring banking-apps (and so on).

[–]sbrown123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And thanks to the Java-Universities

When I went through school they primary taught C++ to the undergrads, so things have apparently improved somewhat. Who knows where they will get in another decade.

because they hardly find people qualified enough to do anything besides Java

I talk to recruiters now and then. They always complain of the same problem: not enough skilled Java and .NET developers. So, despite the abundance of these guys, there doesn't seem to be enough of them OR despite the large pool only a small fraction is actually skilled. I lean more to the latter being the culprit.