The OP doesn't say anything at all about "planning a career" around the language. They just want a job in it. A large portion of my audience is currently emplo

The OP doesn't say anything at all about "planning a career" around the language. They just want a job in it. A large portion of my audience is currently employed using a popular language like JavaScript or Java and are currently looking for a job using Elixir. In many cases it's precisely because they do want to pick up new tools and grow. Given that Clojure is a lisp and works quite a bit differently from mainstream languages but is full of useful ideas that can be taken back, I think the motivation makes perfect sense.