Java at Amazon, Google, Twitter etc. is generally less pedantic and more focused. I have been a Java developer since 1997 and the only time I've seen the type o

Java at Amazon, Google, Twitter etc. is generally less pedantic and more focused. I have been a Java developer since 1997 and the only time I've seen the type of pedantry you are talking about is at non-technology companies where the most important metric is how cheap a developer is, not how much value they can add.