Pay matters.
Recent reports confirm Java programmers are among the highest paid programmers in the industry. Analysis by Quartz, a global digital business news publication, confirms it's lucrative to have Java skills on your resume.
Career planning company Gooroo indicates that Java remains one of the most popular and best paying languages in the US, UK and Australia in its 2015 salaries and demand report.
Indeed.com, a worldwide employment-related search engine for job listing, reports that the average Java developer salary for job postings in February 2016 in the US is $102,000.
