> As an aside, the 2019 SO survey shows Clojure programmers are the best paid [1].
I am freelancing for Clojure projects for already 6 years and have to say it is true you can expect better compensation in general, but this is only given
1) You are an experienced coder overall, e.g. I am 18 years in dev, and Clojure is seen as a logical high level experience conclusion
2) You can find good existing Clojure project, which is damn hard, and the line of Clojure coders for openings is usually pretty long. And many businesses are expecting to find young coders who can be.. not so well paid. The latter is a very bad approach for Clojure projects (Sorry, young guys, I have seen tons of Clojure code by many people, and it only looks good when the coder is at least 30+)
3) You can find good greenfield tech agnostic project, where your sell point is, again, your overall experience first, Clojure second
But at the end, that all keeps you very fit in many dimensions, and I am not going to give up Clojure, instead investing more
I am freelancing for Clojure projects for already 6 years and have to say it is true you can expect better compensation in general, but this is only given
1) You are an experienced coder overall, e.g. I am 18 years in dev, and Clojure is seen as a logical high level experience conclusion
2) You can find good existing Clojure project, which is damn hard, and the line of Clojure coders for openings is usually pretty long. And many businesses are expecting to find young coders who can be.. not so well paid. The latter is a very bad approach for Clojure projects (Sorry, young guys, I have seen tons of Clojure code by many people, and it only looks good when the coder is at least 30+)
3) You can find good greenfield tech agnostic project, where your sell point is, again, your overall experience first, Clojure second
But at the end, that all keeps you very fit in many dimensions, and I am not going to give up Clojure, instead investing more