Ignoring the fantasy that I would get to use something higher level (than Java) for most work...

Not everybody panics if they have to write code outside of Eclipse or Visual Studio.

Once upon a time, there was an expectation that programmers knew, or could learn, more than one language.

Sorry about the rude response, but I'm really sick of the dumbing down of everything for (counterproductive) business or "risk management" purposes. To paraphrase, "average performance" in this industry is pretty poor.