I've programmed professionally in statically typed languages for > 15 years. (C#, various VBs, C++, F# (which is rad), and lately TypeScript) I've also dabbled

I've programmed professionally in statically typed languages for > 15 years. (C#, various VBs, C++, F# (which is rad), and lately TypeScript) I've also dabbled in Haskell, OCaml, Rust, and a whole lot more. In fact, outside of Clojure, I've never liked a dynamic language (and I've used a few professionally). So, I'm someone with plenty of static-language experience, and I am in the boat that types are more complicated, in some ways. Just today, I had to figure out how to wrangle TypeScript into a shape I needed (and wound up with a solution that I didn't like but which got me past the compiler errors and on to more important work). There is a cost. There is also a benefit. So the question is, what does the cost/benefit analysis yield? Regardless, Clojure is worth learning. It's an amazing language.