Well, it looks like you did try hard then. You definitly get my respect for that. Your company and leadership sounds simply too stubborn. In that case, I think

Well, it looks like you did try hard then. You definitly get my respect for that. Your company and leadership sounds simply too stubborn. In that case, I think there's only three options. 1) Resolute yourself that you won't be working in your preferred language. And try instead to find satisfaction in other aspects, such as your designs, maybe bring in some functional influences, adopt more data driven patterns, etc. 2) Look for a more open minded place to work. Honestly, that might be a good career move. If all they can hire are new grads or mediocre coders who can't pickup a new language, what's in it for you? Who will you learn from? Remember, 10 years from now, do you want to have 10 times the same experience, or 10 years of experience? If the latter, it means every year you have to be given an opportunity to take on something you don't know, that's at the next level of your capacity. Which allow you to grow, learn new skills and master existing ones. 3) Work to gain trust and leadership yourself, until you are in a position with the right authority to make the decision your own. I think all three are fine choice by the way. With different trade offs of risk/reward/effort. It's a personal choice. I'm just listing them, because sometime we don't realize there are options.