Absolutely happy with my choice of Clojure as a startup (doing data science, analytics, some front-end work).<p>Biggest wins for us are:<p>- ClojureScript &#x2F; figwheel as an awesome front end development combination.<p>- The combination of functional programming with immutable data structures<p>- Lisp &quot;magical powers&quot; (macros, interactive REPL etc.)<p>- Ability to exploit the Java library ecosystem whenever you need it<p>Biggest downside = Lack of types.