How do you get started in enterpirse Java development?
plinkplonk: "How do you get started in enterprise Java development? What is the best way to gain experience without giving up on the current day job that pays the bills?"Find a small business that needs a web app and build it for them using your favorite technology stack. That's how I started. Show your interviewers the code - shuts off a lot of stupid gotcha/trivia questions.(due disclosure: Though I worked on enterprise dev for 10 years  I haven't done it in the last 8 years or so. I got completely bored and the projects all started to blur into each other and so I shifted to algorithm intensive AI/machine learning sw. But it was kinda fun for a while and I worked with some great people and companies. I recently talked to some of my ex colleagues and nothing much has changed in enterprise dev.)