The job is to communicate effectively while producing software more reliably and with less time than someone else that might get hired.

There are many of us who think Java has very little to learn - asking us to go slower - while probably good for society in general, is a losing strategy in a Capitalist economy.

You can keep up, or be left behind. Meanwhile, fortunately the “communicate effectively” is 100x more valuable as “produce software more reliably and faster” ie learning all of these new languages and language improvements.