Java has zillions of 'not very good' or 'not empowered' developers writing in it, and the perceived safety of frameworks is valued over the ability for devs to

Java has zillions of 'not very good' or 'not empowered' developers writing in it, and the perceived safety of frameworks is valued over the ability for devs to actually write decent code. Especially in orgs for which the code/tech is a secondary issue, only seen as a risk, they'd rather higher 5 more low-cost people to deal with the framework cruft than just hire the right people for the job.