I would be very careful not to write off an entire field just because you consider it difficult or complicated. It has its place and purpose, and the complexity is not just for show. It's not "one size fits all", it's just that the minimum size at which it might become useful is probably larger than that of many of the interpreted, dynamic web languages and frameworks that are popular these days.
For example, I would much rather maintain a Java-based web application than a PHP-based web application.
I didn't say anything about the intelligence of Java programmers. Like everywhere else some are brilliant and some are dumb as hammers. When I said "everything is too damned complicated", I was thinking of Java Web development which has a proliferation of one-size-fits-all frameworks which encourage bloated implementations. It could be that I have blundered into a tiny swamp and everywhere else is sweetness and light, but I dont think so.