That, plus many programmers are former nerds who just love tinkering with stuff and they invent languages as thought experiments. Which is 100% cool with me but

That, plus many programmers are former nerds who just love tinkering with stuff and they invent languages as thought experiments. Which is 100% cool with me but it gets weird when they start to promote them... And figuring out the gap between "wanting to tinker" and "being a reliable paid professional" is a big struggle that takes a while to figure out -- and maybe takes your entire life in maintaining a good balance between both.