It&#x27;s an interesting phenomenon indeed. Coming from C++ and Prolog, I disliked Java quite a bit, but took two positions where Java was the main language (because they were interesting NLP&#x2F;ML positions). In the end it&#x27;s a tool to get interesting work done.<p>I follow some PL lists and there seems to be a sizeable group of people who prefer a position in their favorite language. Of course, I don&#x27;t know what portion of the overal market they represent.