You’re trapped when coworkers use (and demand) OOP, not to mention libraries which require it. Like when your coworkers become religious about the ORM ("How DA

You’re trapped when coworkers use (and demand) OOP, not to mention libraries which require it. Like when your coworkers become religious about the ORM ("How DARE you write SQL!") when the database people actually have the superior model (relational) to the programmers (OOP). Also, many languages have an explicit critique of OOP. Take Rich Hickey's discussion of how OOP complects a bunch of features which can be available a la carte.