> probably more people are aware of JavaScript than Java at this point

All the same, I probably get as many calls from recruiters to fill Java positions as I do JS positions. I've never used the former, and explaining it is always awkward!

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master-lincoln 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I would tell them they are wasting your time by not offering you fitting jobs. It's on them to know what they are looking for, not on you

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singhrac 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

To be frank this is a service to you. No company you want to work at has a recruiter that doesn't understand the difference (a fully AI recruiter would be better than this experience).

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GoblinSlayer 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For normal people Java is a short way to say JavaScript.

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spider-mario 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have never heard anyone do that. Do “normal” people even discuss JavaScript?

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array_key_first 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think normal people are actually aware what JS and HTML are. Most people are more tech savvy than we give them credit - or credit they might give themselves.

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dec0dedab0de 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think normal people don't know the difference between google and a web browser. Even many of the ones that used to understand the difference forgot some time after their primary computing device became a locked down phone.

	▲	booleandilemma 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Can confirm. My wife (who is a very normal person) was using bing the other day and when I pointed it out she asked me what I was talking about and pointed to the chrome browser icon in the taskbar. The level of confusion is almost unfathomable to us.

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Capricorn2481 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe 1 in 10000 people who aren't developers.

	▲	array_key_first 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Idk both of my parents do any they're not devs - they don't even have a pc or laptop, they just have a phone. But they DO work in an office, and use a web browser for 8 hours a day.

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thfuran 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think I've ever met one of these people.