Learning functional programming will add value to any programming language that you use as you'll have more strings to your bow, so to speak. You may not get a

Learning functional programming will add value to any programming language that you use as you'll have more strings to your bow, so to speak. You may not get a job writing Clojure, but you'll be able to bring the concepts you learn to any job you do get. For what it's worth, I do see some jobs for Clojure in the UK and EU on LinkedIn, not as much as other programming languages, but enough that I think I could get one if I were looking for a Clojure job.