> So we see C++ being very heavily used, but with development and maintenance being performed by stable teams that will often work together for many years, if n

> So we see C++ being very heavily used, but with development and maintenance being performed by stable teams that will often work together for many years, if not decades in some cases. The lack of near-constant turnover really cuts down on the need to advertise for open job positions. Sir, you nailed it. I've noticed the same thing in my company. There are a handful development teams currently present and almost all of them do various Java based consulting gigs for external clients. Most of that is CRUD based web form twiddling. And as it happens, the turnover rate on those teams is often through the roof. However, there is also one C++ team which does in-house development on a very critical piece of software and I've noticed a couple of things about those guys: they not only appear to be far more technically competent than their Java counterparts, but the turnover is nearly nonexistent. While other teams have seen massive turnover to the point of being unrecognizable after a period of time, the C++ team hasn't changed at all... and the funniest thing is, a lot of people are internally applying to work on that team but these guys are extremely selective about who they let in. There's definitely something to be said about C++ development and the effect it has on stability/turnover in dev teams.