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by rrrx3 4053 days ago
Suppose it depends on the market/job role.

I'm a Designer with some developer skills and I get spammed constantly for having things like "Javascript" et al on my profile.

My true developer friends seem to get it even worse. Around here, Java is the big need, so if you've got it on your profile, expect constant recruiter spam.
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doodpants 4053 days ago
Heh, Java. I have well over a decade of experience using Java... to write cross-platform desktop applications using Swing. Turns out that's not the kind of Java experience most companies are looking for. :-)
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ubernostrum 4053 days ago
I've been doing Python for a living for a decade now.

I get recruiter-spammed for C++ positions.

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duiker101 4053 days ago
Really? Java is so wanted? Where are you?
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DanBC 4053 days ago
Java is one of the most commonly used programming languages.

There are problems with each of these surveys, but they all show java either in the lead or near the lead.

http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2015/01/14/language-rankings-1-15...

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....

http://langpop.com/

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marktangotango 4053 days ago
Where are you, such that Java's NOT in demand is the question.
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iamthepieman 4053 days ago
There are a lot of Java jobs out there.not in startup-land but government and big fortune 500 firms wrote a lot of Java applications in the 90s and early 2000's that they are still maintaining. Also, because of this they will often write new applications in Java because that's what their in house developers who were hired to maintain old apps already know.

I worked on a java server application about 10 years ago and I get more recruiters contacting me about Java positions from that one item on my resume than I get from anything more recent or currently popular.

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phkahler 4053 days ago
>> I worked on a java server application about 10 years ago and I get more recruiters contacting me about Java positions from that one item on my resume than I get from anything more recent or currently popular.

Drop it from your resume. Go ahead and leave the position and project description, but leave the language out.

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