I've also noticed regional variation in tech. Generally the lowest common denominator is Java/EE stuff, often with Spring/Hibernate. Kind of annoying, since I'

I've also noticed regional variation in tech. Generally the lowest common denominator is Java/EE stuff, often with Spring/Hibernate. Kind of annoying, since I'd really like to have more job location flexibility, and I really don't like Java & the "Enterprise IT (tm)" approach.