"Am I wasting my time trying to get software just right?" Don't we all want to "get software just right"? "Is it worth my time to learn Clojure or Haskell, wh

"Am I wasting my time trying to get software just right?" Don't we all want to "get software just right"? "Is it worth my time to learn Clojure or Haskell, when I don't even know what I'll use it for?" Reasonable question. Pick a project, choose a language. I introduced Scala where I work and it solved a problem but wasn't optimal for our team. Then I introduced Clojure and that's working better for us. Real world problem solutions will help you validate your choices (there was a great talk at The Strange Loop on real world Haskell usage at a startup, BTW). "What if he spent his time learning Lisp and Monads instead of writing an app that lots of people use?" Like Paul Graham? (Viaweb)