I... am not sure what to say. Anybody can learn a language, especially if they already know any, relatively quickly. Teaching someone to think about how to solv

I... am not sure what to say. Anybody can learn a language, especially if they already know any, relatively quickly. Teaching someone to think about how to solve problems is much, much harder. I'd take someone who can think over someone who knows any given language any day of the week. Even in my preferred languages I still look up documentation and "how-tos", and that's not likely to ever change. I don't care if someone knows everything in the JLS or is Java Certified. I do care if they can solve problems at a reasonable pace.