Actually I wasn't talking about myself. So far I've only been working part time as a software engineer during my studies and I want to start a company next year. So, IF it works out, I could have that luxury. But I still find it a bit silly to tell someone to quit his job just because his current tooling doesn't involve vim or emacs. Tools are just that. Tools. And IMO Java is just fine if you use it where it is the strongest: enterprise business applications. As long as you don't try to push it to places where performance / power optimization is relevant (I'm looking at you, Google -.-).
Actually, I could live with using an IDE. And most places let you use Emacs if you're crazy enough. (I know both from others and a bit of personal experience :P.)
It's the Java that would really drive me off the wall. Even in enterprise business applications (which aren't fun as is), Java is exceptionally annoying. But it is easy to hire for!
