Hopefully we are all rested and ready to tackle this 2024. There is already a ton going on with AI, but front and center has been the current job market news (it's dire). Even so, when a new door closes, a new (shiny AI-ish) door opens.  Here we dive into what it means to be an java developer in this job market (should you learn AI's darling language, python? we ponder), and our collection of tips / tricks to navigate it.  In addition we tackled some of the stuff we learned over the holiday, including the One Billion Row Challenge! (an exciting view of where Java is headed and the things it's doing). So start on those new year resolutions and let's get rolling with the new OffHeap episode! https://www.javaoffheap.com/datadog We thank DataDogHQ for sponsoring this podcast episode DO follow us on twitter @offheap https://www.twitter.com/offheap News:  - One Billion Row Challenge (https://www.morling.dev/blog/one-billion-row-challenge/)  - OBRC Results (https://www.morling.dev/blog/1brc-results-are-in/)  - GlassFish 8.0.0-M1 (https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/releases/tag/8.0.0-M1)  - JDK 22 In Rampdown (https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/22/#Schedule)  - Apache Groovy 5.0.0 in Alpha 5 - (https://groovy-lang.org/releasenotes/groovy-5.0.html)  - JPL Layoffs (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-workforce-update)  - Kotlin 2.0.0 (https://kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsnew-eap.html) Conferences:  - Devnexus April 9 - 11 (https://www.devnexus.com)  - IntelliJ IDEA Conf - March 6-7 (https://lp.jetbrains.com/intellij-idea-conf-2024/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=idea&utm_campaign=intellijideaconf)  - Spring I/O Barcelona May 30-31   - Community Over Code NA Denver October 7-10 (https://communityovercode.org/)  - Dev2Next Lone Tree, Colorado Sept 30 — Oct 3, 2024 https://www.dev2next.com/  - JChampions Conference 2024 Videos Available (https://www.youtube.com/@JChampionsConf/streams)