“Java is taking over the world”
To the extent that is happening, it’s mainly “push” rather than “pull”.
The available skill sets in kids these days is what drives the use of Java, rather than any considered need or desire to use it.
There’s this thing called the Internet ....
Exactly. Heaven help us if they ever have to clean up after themselves or have limited memory/disk/bandwidth resources. I've never seen such lazy, sloppy programmers than the ones coming out of school these days.