If your goal is to learn Lisp, then you get over it. If your goal is to find a good, modern, productive programming language and you approach this goal without

If your goal is to learn Lisp, then you get over it. If your goal is to find a good, modern, productive programming language and you approach this goal without preconceptions then you evaluate s-exprs/macros as another language feature with tradeoffs like any other. Plenty of capable engineers understand the Lisp gestalt but just don't find it compelling enough to put up with a syntax they find unpalatable.