This is true but, from my experience with developers (not to mention HR/hiring managers) at my own company and elsewhere there is a prevalent attitude that lang

This is true but, from my experience with developers (not to mention HR/hiring managers) at my own company and elsewhere there is a prevalent attitude that language is the basis of "What You Do". I agree that attitude is totally wrong but a lot of places seem to have this backwards prejudice about hiring good developers and chucking them headfirst into a language or technology they haven't already proven they know.