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Only 32% of Java developers really know Java

Posted by Hemos on from the but-does-it-mattter dept.

prostoalex writes "Research firm Gartner draws attention to the fact that less than a third of people who put Java on their resume actually know their stuff. The knowledge gap between someone who can successfully write a System.out.println() and someone capable of designing and implementing a complex Java system brings to companies being back-logged with pending projects."

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  1. They all know Java by davegaramond · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, the report is wrong. They just don't read the resumes carefully. The other 68% actually know *Javanese* Java, not Sun Java.

  2. Only 0% of editors proofread their articles. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The knowledge gap between someone who can successfully write a System.out.println() and someone capable of designing and implementing a complex Java system brings to companies being back-logged with pending projects."

    We also would have accepted: Only 26% of submitters to Slashdot can create proper sentences.

  3. In other news... by sepluv · · Score: 4, Funny
    Researchers suggest that "less than a third of people who put something on their resume know anything about it". News at 11...

    Also "99% of researchers and statisticians have no idea what they are talking about and don't know what research means"

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  4. Well, I'm relieved... by Green+Light · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see that I'm not the only one!

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  5. Only 2% of English speakers know English. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 2, Funny


    "Only 32% of Java developers really know Java."

    An old Digital Equipment Company manual for technical writers said that only a small percentage of people really know English. And here is an example of not knowing English, in the Slashdot story:

    "The knowledge gap between someone who can successfully write a System.out.println() and someone capable of designing and implementing a complex Java system brings to companies being back-logged with pending projects."

  6. Re:Not at all suprised by pfraser · · Score: 3, Funny

    hype is good in some ways, but in the grand scheme of things, it's the older, better stuff that will prevail.

    Yes, just like MS-DOS has prevailed...

  7. Re:Whooha! Gartner is right this time! by tjmsquared · · Score: 2, Funny

    The worst of all are VB 'programmers' The worst is title inflation So, the absolute worst is a VB Programmer who calls himself a Software Architect?

  8. And... by Ieshan · · Score: 2, Funny

    78% of all statistics are made up. //smirk

  9. This is nothing new... by tsvk · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as there are people putting "I know CHMOD and Upload/Download" on their resumes, I guess anything is possible....

  10. Re:Not at all suprised by AJWM · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heh!

    Those were, of course, merely examples. The closest I've come to Brainfsck is reading stuff on the web, and somewhere around I think I have the Coral66 reference.

    Then there's the guy I worked with who should have put "Team Lead" on his resume. Pronounced "led", as in sinker or dead weight...

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  11. Re:It's True. by troon · · Score: 2, Funny

    All of the questions that I ask start with "here's a programming problem, now solve it in whatever language you want".

    OK, I choose Whitespace as my language of choice. My solution is on the other side of the page...

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