class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TeamLead(1);
    }

    public static class TeamLead extends Programmer {

        private int numTeamLead=2;

        public TeamLead(int numTeamLead) {
            super(numTeamLead);
            this.numTeamLead = numTeamLead;
            employ();
        }

        protected void employ() {
            System.out.println(numTeamLead + " teamlead");
        }

    }

    public static class Programmer {

        private final int numProgrammer;

        public Programmer(int numProgrammer) {
            this.numProgrammer = numProgrammer;
            employ();
        }

        protected void employ() {
            System.out.println(numProgrammer + " programmer");
        }
    }
}

Why is the first output 0 teamlead instead of 2 teamlead?

I declared numTeamLead=2 before executing employ() and yet the first time employ() is executed, numTeamLead defaults to 0 for some reason. I know that the super(numTeamLead) cannot use the Programmer.employ() because it is protected, so it uses TeamLead.employ() instead. But why then does it default numTeamLead to 0 before using employ() again, even though I already initialized numTeamLead prior to executing any method?