Java itself was once so popular that a completely unrelated programming language, javascript, had java in its name to ride the coat-tails of its popularity. Th

Java itself was once so popular that a completely unrelated programming language, javascript, had java in its name to ride the coat-tails of its popularity. The culture and behaviors that have grown up around it though make it easy for people to fall into holes. (Both technical and non-technical, e.g. hiring culture) It's like if a minefield existed via the path of Java and people said "There's no way through this minefield." And another retorts "Of course there is a path! Just go through it carefully, learn the topology, and it's just as fast as sprinting across an open meadow."