Technically speaking (so ignoring Oracle), Java the language is actually pretty good. When I took a MOOC and a Data Structures course that were all Java, I actu

Technically speaking (so ignoring Oracle), Java the language is actually pretty good. When I took a MOOC and a Data Structures course that were all Java, I actually enjoyed writing Java. It’s verbose, but very straightforward to work with once it clicks, and a pretty powerful language. My first two full-time dev jobs were at Java shops (one was about ~100 employees, the other was Chase), and that’s where I developed a severe distaste for the ecosystem. Getters and setters everywhere, dependency injection with Spring (I know there are alternatives, but Spring seems the most popular), so much convoluted and over-engineered garbage. Wrestling with that nonsense was one of the triggers for a bout of depression last year. Also last year, I moved to Elixir and never looked back.