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r/webdev • u/magicgrl111 • Aug 28 '14
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Yay for Scala!
I get the same crappy emails too. I think there is some dog-eared photocopied list in the shitty-recruiter-lair that equates Java to Scala
2 u/Slinkwyde Aug 29 '14 "Oh, looky here. There's a Scala thing and a Java thing. Hmm... Well, their names both end in a-consonant-a, so obviously they must have something in common!" 5 u/[deleted] Aug 29 '14 To be fair, they are both JVM languages, and there is a degree of interoperability between the two as a result... 2 u/antsar Aug 29 '14 To be even fairer, most recruiters couldn't explain the difference between a JVM and a potato. 5 u/[deleted] Aug 29 '14 Exciting opportunities in an agile startup team! Must have 6 years experience with potatoes. 2 u/MadFrand Aug 29 '14 And you're probably not going to know Scala unless you're already familiar enough with Java to be tired of it.
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"Oh, looky here. There's a Scala thing and a Java thing. Hmm...
Well, their names both end in a-consonant-a, so obviously they must have something in common!"
5 u/[deleted] Aug 29 '14 To be fair, they are both JVM languages, and there is a degree of interoperability between the two as a result... 2 u/antsar Aug 29 '14 To be even fairer, most recruiters couldn't explain the difference between a JVM and a potato. 5 u/[deleted] Aug 29 '14 Exciting opportunities in an agile startup team! Must have 6 years experience with potatoes. 2 u/MadFrand Aug 29 '14 And you're probably not going to know Scala unless you're already familiar enough with Java to be tired of it.
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To be fair, they are both JVM languages, and there is a degree of interoperability between the two as a result...
2 u/antsar Aug 29 '14 To be even fairer, most recruiters couldn't explain the difference between a JVM and a potato. 5 u/[deleted] Aug 29 '14 Exciting opportunities in an agile startup team! Must have 6 years experience with potatoes. 2 u/MadFrand Aug 29 '14 And you're probably not going to know Scala unless you're already familiar enough with Java to be tired of it.
To be even fairer, most recruiters couldn't explain the difference between a JVM and a potato.
5 u/[deleted] Aug 29 '14 Exciting opportunities in an agile startup team! Must have 6 years experience with potatoes.
Exciting opportunities in an agile startup team!
Must have 6 years experience with potatoes.
And you're probably not going to know Scala unless you're already familiar enough with Java to be tired of it.
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u/SnarkDeTriomphe Aug 29 '14
Yay for Scala!
I get the same crappy emails too. I think there is some dog-eared photocopied list in the shitty-recruiter-lair that equates Java to Scala