> I've also noticed that in the EU (and other places outside of the US), developers are more likely to use non-mainstream languages and tools and aren't so hung up on the current trends.
I can confirm that at least for Germany outside of Berlin (Germany's SV). Nobody wants to sit in the office until 10pm because some new trendy language or one of its alpha-grade libraries decided to shit the bed in an edge-case. We rather go home to our families. Companies stick to C#, Java, and sometimes Python. C/C++ for embedded, obviously.
I can confirm that at least for Germany outside of Berlin (Germany's SV). Nobody wants to sit in the office until 10pm because some new trendy language or one of its alpha-grade libraries decided to shit the bed in an edge-case. We rather go home to our families. Companies stick to C#, Java, and sometimes Python. C/C++ for embedded, obviously.