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> What is your company size? ~44% 1-10 ~26% 10-100 ~17% 101-1000 ~13% 1000+ Wow, that's stark. Huge tilt towards small businesses / sta
by arh68 11y ago
> What is your company size?
~44% 1-10
~26% 10-100
~17% 101-1000
~13% 1000+
Wow, that's stark. Huge tilt towards small businesses / startups. I imagine the chart for Java tilts the other way, but I'm speculating. I guess this goes hand-in-hand with hiring / staffing frustrations.
I'm glad the Cursive / IntelliJ IDE is gaining popularity; I think it's a fantastic option for development. If you are comfortable with IntelliJ.. go download it.
- dmix 11y agoNot surprising really. Big corps always pick safe languages. Primarily because they need a large recruiting base and middle-managers are typically career oriented and therefore risk adverse.
- timbuckley 11y agoAlso, big companies tend to be older and change their tech stack less often.
- Jach 11y agoIt wouldn't surprise me to see a large fraction of Java use being at b2b startups/small companies since a lot of those 2bs are large and using enterprise tech can make the acquisition story sweeter...
- collyw 11y agoNever thought of that before. Would be a good reason for a startup to choose Java (I can't think of many others)
- incepted 11y agoHuge workforce to hire from (crucial for start ups), vibrant and huge cosystem, battle tested, can scale to pretty much any size, write once, develop anywhere, ... I know HN is a bit in a bubble but I've dealt with hundreds of startups over the past ten years and I can tell you that easily 90% of them pick Java from day one.