My main point was that we don't hire Clojure programmers on my team. We hire programmers who are willing to learn new things on the job, and one of these things

My main point was that we don't hire Clojure programmers on my team. We hire programmers who are willing to learn new things on the job, and one of these things happens to be Clojure. I see this is as a helpful filter because if somebody isn't willing to learn a new language, chances aren't very flexible as a developer in general. The nature of our industry is that it's constantly evolving, and you have to be adaptable to keep up.