But that is because HR people and recruiters generally don’t know anything about anything tech. They cannot filter resumes on anything vague, so programming lan

But that is because HR people and recruiters generally don’t know anything about anything tech. They cannot filter resumes on anything vague, so programming language is an easy one. But gp is right; once you are in, the language is mostly irrelevant, unless the company is small and/or their business is selling or maintaining actual tech products.