Why I ever wrote Clojure

a year ago

The author wrote Clojure professionally for 5 years, initially loving it but eventually hating it due to boredom.
They find it difficult to write generic enterprise code for soulless corporations unless it's made fun, which is why they turned to languages like Clojure, Go, Rust, or Zig.
The author speculates that Clojure was created out of boredom, similar to its adoption in fintech by intelligent engineers seeking intellectual stimulation.
High-paying jobs attract intelligent engineers who get bored quickly, leading to high turnover unless they're allowed to use exciting technologies.
Enterprise coding is inherently boring as it's a solved problem, prompting companies to allow engineers to use new languages to retain them longer.

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