[Zelphyr]

Clojure (and Lisps in general) really aren't hard to learn. It just takes those of us that come from C-influenced languages like PHP a little longer to be able to read them at a glance because the syntax is slightly different and usually simpler.

Once that lightbulb of the power of a Lisp goes off, there's no turning back. As Eric S. Raymond said, "Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot."

[bcrosby95]

The best tip I ever got for reading Clojure was to ignore the parens and look at the indentation.

[iainctduncan]

If there was one and only one thing I could tell myself from 15 years to do sooner it's LEARN SCHEME. Man I wish I'd stated a decade ago.