[kybernetikos]

Java is a good thing to know, but I suspect that Java-the-language may not have a massive future. It's pretty telling that some of the major java IDE developers are also pushing their own JVM languages (eclipse: Xtend, jetbrains: Kotlin).

There's some interesting stuff going on in other JVM languages, I'm particularly interested in Scala and Clojure.

I think you've provided yourself with an excellent starting point having learnt java, but it would be a bad idea to stop there.

[vtanase]

I have no intention of stopping. I guess my curiosity was more along the lines of whether it is worth it to dig deeper and learn more Java, or if it would be better to go for some other languages.

I'm also pondering about switching jobs for this, since the best way to learn in my opinion is to force yourself into real projects with new technologies and not just hack on some small projects for a couple of hours each week.