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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. Sad but true (in my case, at least) by FricassedMonkey · · Score: 3, Informative

    It really is sad.. I've been dealing with Java for years, and I know that I couldn't bring myself to bother messing with a 'complex' project... Of course, I'm not going to be putting 'Java' on my resume anytime soon, either...

  2. 32% are any good? by bluGill · · Score: 5, Informative

    Knowing Java is very different from knowing programming. If you can't do a complex project in Java you can't do a complex project in any language. If you can do it in any language, you can do it in Java. The first step might be learning Java, but any good programmer can handle that in a short time. Now granted I'd want someone who knows all the tricks on the team so I don't re-implement the wheel, but a complex project by definition requires many people so that isn't an issue.

    HR is far too hung up on what you have already done, not realizing that the data structures and algorithms are what counts, and they are the same in any language.

    1. Re:32% are any good? by Haeleth · · Score: 4, Informative

      I am a C coder by trade... I like functional programming because its what I do 5 days a week eight hours a day

      Um, if you're a C coder, then you are not doing functional programming, you are doing procedural programming. Functional programming means languages like Lisp, ML, and Haskell.