One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
I understand now why you reacted this way, you took my "rules of thumb" as an hint that I wanted to bash Java.
But really my intention was something else than bashing anything.
I do think that Kotlin is great for me (but happy that you have found something better for your needs). But the reason Kotlin is great is that it is standing on the shoulders of Giants
I understand now why you reacted this way, you took my "rules of thumb" as an hint that I wanted to bash Java.
But really my intention was something else than bashing anything.
I do think that Kotlin is great for me (but happy that you have found something better for your needs). But the reason Kotlin is great is that it is standing on the shoulders of Giants
A Tribute to Java. Java-bashing is a popular past-time and… | by Roman Elizarov | Medium
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Back to my article: I am a Kotlin backend developer and I receive almost every day a job offer to do Android... which I really do NOT want to do.
So I wanted to explain once for all that there is more to Kotlin than just Android.
The rule of thumb is to give recruiters a better idea of where Kotlin makes sense : mostly in the same areas where Java makes sense.