Why don't you just become a Java Enterprise Developer? That is essentially the new Cobol. Note that if you look who created what language and framework, you ca

Why don't you just become a Java Enterprise Developer? That is essentially the new Cobol. Note that if you look who created what language and framework, you can see exactly what you describe: technologies like J2EE were created by companies who want to make money by selling the time of consultants. Therefore they have to be so complex that you can not handle them without consultants. Once you are entangled in a Weblogic+J2EE+Oracle system, there is no way out and you need scores of consultants. In contrast frameworks like Rails were created to make the lives of their creators easier. It shows.