It's an interesting phenomenon indeed. Coming from C++ and Prolog, I disliked Java quite a bit, but took two positions where Java was the main language (because

It's an interesting phenomenon indeed. Coming from C++ and Prolog, I disliked Java quite a bit, but took two positions where Java was the main language (because they were interesting NLP/ML positions). In the end it's a tool to get interesting work done. I follow some PL lists and there seems to be a sizeable group of people who prefer a position in their favorite language. Of course, I don't know what portion of the overal market they represent.