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I think you should reword your question as it's not a realistic scenario. Engineers freely choose to learn Java and apply to Java job postings, and if that's n

• lazyasciiart 9y ago
  You seem like you're imagining a very ideal world. I personally know many engineers who joined a company for one reason, then the team/company began a new project and migrated to Java. I have seen people argue about the choice of underlying technology in code reviews. And if you think my specific scenario was unrealistic, then perhaps attempt to understand it as a general example of "something that is obvious to you and which you think you have explained adequately in the past and should not need to explain again and again". If you still can't understand it, then I think you may simply have never worked with anyone who was at a significantly lower level of knowledge/comprehension than yourself, and perhaps you just aren't capable of understanding the situation without having been in it.
  • vemv 9y ago
    I see your point. Still that's quite an extreme case. Devs regularly questioning a programming language is not a code-review problem, or a should-I-be-a-jerk problem. It's more like the problem that you escalate to the CTO (with argumentation!). Or you can pick your battles and move to a saner company.