I work for a tiny software company that probably wouldn't still exist without Java. It always seems like it's the second-best language for just about every use

I work for a tiny software company that probably wouldn't still exist without Java. It always seems like it's the second-best language for just about every use case, and that makes it incredibly flexible for a small team. That said, I don't really find the language itself "elegant" but who cares - it works (also I'm not a developer). I think "enterprise" development patterns that try to standardize Java development created a lot of the "Java is ugly" attitudes as well.