You know why schools teach kids Java/C (the lingua francas of computing) rather than the latest hot 5-min fad? Because it doesn't matter. The kids are taught th

You know why schools teach kids Java/C (the lingua francas of computing) rather than the latest hot 5-min fad? Because it doesn't matter. The kids are taught those languages simply to enable the teaching of computer science theory and software engineering. This is the way it should be. You will learn new tech as needed your entire career, if you have the right preparation it should be a no brainer. You need to learn the theory once. Outside of the west coast most companies realize this and invest in training as needed. It is the hipster too cool for school startup kids that have things wrong. They never went to school, they don't realize that picking up their favorite $language is trivial for anyone with the proper background and just a means to an ends, writing useful software. >>Startups don't hire new grads because they can ramp up faster, they hire them because they don't have families to take up their time, so they don't mind working 80 hours a week for peanuts. This, although foreign workers can be appealing for some of the same reasons.