>Also, good luck getting any of these jobs.
When was the last time you've tried? I know a great deal of developers (including myself) working exclusively with Clojure and have never struggled finding a new gig.
When was the last time you've tried? I know a great deal of developers (including myself) working exclusively with Clojure and have never struggled finding a new gig.
That's a bit hard to believe.
Surely someone in this situation would settle with taking a job programming in a different language instead of going homeless?
It's also possible they placed unreasonable demands (I notice a lot of people looking for jobs in niche languages often ask to work 100% remotely too).
If you work in a niche language, you need to be ready to compromise in certain areas, such as having to relocate.
I agree, if this person was acting entirely rationally they probably would have switched to learning JS and found a job by now. My only point is that there aren't many opportunities for junior-level Clojure developers who don't stand out as exceptional in some way.