Company Culture: Crutches vs. Wings

I fully agree, both regarding programming languages and company culture. A younger and more naive version of me once took one of those savior jobs at a big, established company. I could stand it for 2 months before I freaked out, went to my manager and demanded change or else. I'm pretty sure he was relieved to get rid of the pesky little fly that was disturbing his waiting-to-die routine.