I've worked with several Java evangelists in my career ... two stand out. One had written several books on Java and was tapped to head up a new initiative. Th

I've worked with several Java evangelists in my career ... two stand out. One had written several books on Java and was tapped to head up a new initiative. They "noped" out very quickly, "this isn't a project suitable for java" and recommended a couple of different architectures and platforms and went back to their less prestigious role. The other was very active in the Java community and shoe horned Java into a very inappropriate product, costing the client $$$ and never reaching the MVP stage. You could blame management for both of those situations; but one of those companies went on to a modicum of success in an acquisition because the engineer decided NOT to turn the chocolate factory into a car factory.