moderators, @ThomasOwens - does it make sense to migrate this question from MSO to our meta? "Programmers Stack Exchange question downvoting, what to do?"
@Rachel as far as I can tell Pierre's accounts are also dropped at SO, MSO, onStartups. quite a pity
@gnat Since those terms are not the same in every language, I re-added the [java] tag and specified the question was for Java in the question title and body
@nbv4 - If you ask people hiring programmers they will always say there is a shortage because they would always prefer to pay less. The best objective answer is probably to look at salaries.
-1 for a vitriolic, passive aggressive polemic, that isn't useful to anyone. — Roc Martí2 hours ago
@Rachel: I'm confused. Why do people see you as "the enemy"? You've tried so hard for so long to make Programmers.SE a better place. Yet @Roc Martí felt the need to violate the spirit of "Summer of Love" and accuse you of making mischief. I just don't understand.