Yes absolutely. Hibernate is a microcosm of Java. If you read the manual things are fine, but it's not designed to be "wingable". It abstracts away enough of t

Yes absolutely. Hibernate is a microcosm of Java. If you read the manual things are fine, but it's not designed to be "wingable". It abstracts away enough of the DB that you need to understand the magic or you'll make massive blunders that haunt you later. Given that maybe 10% of devs read the manual for anything after leaving school there's a lot of Java and Hibernate haters