It still has many cool features that are not common elsewhere, and it is still evolving (https://pharo.org/features https://pharo.org/features, the list does no

It still has many cool features that are not common elsewhere, and it is still evolving (https://pharo.org/features https://pharo.org/features, the list does not mention some things like object-centric debugging). And yes, it can pay your bills.