Ask HN: What is the job market like for niche languages (Nim, Crystal)?
I do definitely recommend Clojure - I&#x27;ve switched to it in 2019 coming from Rails and JS and never looked back.<p>Clojure&#x27;s job market is great, there&#x27;s no shortage of offers, even for newcomers and it has been the top paying lang in stackoverflow surveys for years <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;survey.stackoverflow.co&#x2F;2022&#x2F;#section-salary-salary-and-experience-by-language" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;survey.stackoverflow.co&#x2F;2022&#x2F;#section-salary-salary-...</a><p>However, the most important part is that Clojure is a very powerful piece of technology that made me reevaluate what software engineering really is.
You can efficiently use Clojure for both backend and frontend with easy access to libraries from JVM and npm so you will never run into the problem, common in other niche langs, of too few libraries.
Nevertheless, Clojure&#x27;s own ecosystem is filled with many great, cutting-edge ideas that you wouldn&#x27;t find working so well elsewhere. The community is very welcoming, growing and diverse with people coming from all different programming backgrounds - all sharing the disillusionment with other programming languages and determination to find and build a better way.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs-blog.braveclojure.com&#x2F;2022&#x2F;03&#x2F;24&#x2F;long-term-clojure-benefits.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs-blog.braveclojure.com&#x2F;2022&#x2F;03&#x2F;24&#x2F;long-term-cloj...</a>