If you tell me you work in a dev role of some description, I assume you at least like programming somewhat. If you then tell me you write Java or C#, that give

If you tell me you work in a dev role of some description, I assume you at least like programming somewhat. If you then tell me you write Java or C#, that gives me very little additional information. They’re super mainstream languages used by whole armies of “drones” who have no particular passion for the craft, but there’s also some truly passionate people out there, and I don’t know which bucket you fall into. If you tell me you write D, or Lisp, or Haskell, that’s different. You don’t end up writing any of those by accident, so you either sought them out deliberately or you saw an oddball language and weren’t scared off. That’s definitely strong signal for “actually likes programming”.