>>1
We don't always get to choose our lot.
>>4
Many startups and startup-wannabe small businesses are looking into Scala now, though it'd depend on where you live whether this is viable employment for you or not.
I'm sure I'll become either a Java or Ruby monkey in some CRUD forge in the following weeks. They'll read barbaric blogs and will force me to listen to the endless chatter of their local Rockstar Ninja Gandalf. Such is the downfall of the /prog/rider.