I’ve been doing Clojure professionally for over 5 years now and it’s definitely a known issue that Clojure is very expert-friendly.
However, lack of general 'all-purpose' libraries for numerous use cases means we have to implement that API or library in a general way (if only for our use case) then integrate it into the system.
This approach has worked quite well, creating our own template code (as everything is functional) helps reuse across many projects, however the initial investment of time/labour is something we would like to avoid for the sake of finishing the work fast.
In Python ecosystem, that labour already done by someone else, preferably who didn't start writing a library just to deliver code within a week.
One good thing about writing libraries in Clojure is the immense stability and composibility it offers. We can use the same code many years later without fearing breakage,a 'primitive' function can also be easily squeezed into numerous other functions which means reusability is quite high.
However, it is still an impediment for shops less than 5 devs.
I wouldn't mind paying someone 3 times as much if its expertise in the given language means he can be 10x more productive than an average programmer in an average context. (I personally have measured a 30x incrase in productivity by switching from ruby to clojure and have observed the same phenomenon with other people).