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evantbyrnetoday at 4:32 PM1 replyview on HN

There are certain non-software industries that seem to have strong hiring preferences for workers who started in the industry over computer science chops, and a lot of those tend to use Java. For example, biotechs.


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stackskiptontoday at 4:47 PM

Because most of time, understanding the business logic is harder than writing to the code in these industries.

Java is default since it's what taught to many college graduates with added bonus that's taught to most college grads in Indian subcontinent so outsourcing is much easier.

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