While it might not be "hip" to get into Java these days, it is still taught in CS (typically you start with C in year one and Java in year two or three). The U

While it might not be "hip" to get into Java these days, it is still taught in CS (typically you start with C in year one and Java in year two or three). The U.S "startup scene" appears to be somewhat of a monoculture, following whatever is the latest coolest thing that they've heard of, but it's not representative of the ecosystem at large. TL;DR yes there's a lot of well paid work in Java, it's "uncool" because of asshat developers like that go "oh java, ewww" on the internet.