They use this excuse to try to convert experienced Java developers who've seen the light after switching to JavaScript and who are desperate to not go back to t

They use this excuse to try to convert experienced Java developers who've seen the light after switching to JavaScript and who are desperate to not go back to the static typing hell hole that they came from. I'm one of these people (2 years of Java at university). The thing is that I know exactly why so many developers like statically typed languages. I've been there in 2006 when I switched from ActionScript 2 to ActionScript 3; I remember clearly the following 2 years of ActionScript 3 when I really thought I loved static types. Unfortunately, I also remember the years after switching back to JavaScript and the huge productivity increase that followed. The problem was not dynamic types, it was my lack of experience. That's why I cannot go back. I'm using TypeScript at work now and although I really love the company mission and I feel that I'm producing really great work, I don't think that I can stay there much longer because TypeScript slows me down and makes me hate coding.