If I look at the job market in my area it’s dominated by Java. There are a lot of .Net jobs as well but they are typically at companies you really don’t want to work for, so it’s basically so much easier for you to find a nice job if you’re into Java.
I’m not, mind you, but maybe 21 will actually change that. I guess it’ll depend more on the tooling than anything else. Because the things I dislike the most about current world Java is that it’s very dependent on 3rd party “addons” to become a nice working experience. Like, you’ll probably want to use Quarkus if you’re doing anything enterprise related, but then you’re putting yourself at the mercy of Big Blue. I’m not sure that Java21 will change that, if it will then it’ll probably be a world where Java dominates even harder than it already does.
I’m not, mind you, but maybe 21 will actually change that. I guess it’ll depend more on the tooling than anything else. Because the things I dislike the most about current world Java is that it’s very dependent on 3rd party “addons” to become a nice working experience. Like, you’ll probably want to use Quarkus if you’re doing anything enterprise related, but then you’re putting yourself at the mercy of Big Blue. I’m not sure that Java21 will change that, if it will then it’ll probably be a world where Java dominates even harder than it already does.