Aahhh, thank you for stating this. I’m reading HN for only 1 year and half and couldn’t figure out why Java seemed so present in conversation as I thought it was not spread that much.
I’m french and I only know one person who’ve been on the Java path, and he’s not even working in France. I of course know companies working on Java, but not that much (not at all, if you except those working for Android) and suddenly it becomes crystal clear.
Thanks again.
While that's true, C# isn't limited to enterprise.
I've worked in startups and digital agencies throughout my career, and C# is everywhere in the latter. It's a lot harder to find startup work, but there are people building on the .NET framework.
You can happily make a career in .NET without ever working in an enterprise capacity.
At least that's my impression from being on HN for the last decade, and working mainly in MS back-end languages in the UK.
The other one I never see mentioned in the UK is Oracle, I've only had Oracle mentioned to me IRL once, and that's because the local council is inexplicably moving from MS SQL to Oracle for reporting, but they're super incompetent.