I worked an MIT programmer who bragged about the Scheme curriculum. He was also the worst programmer that I’ve worked with. He really liked clojure and would constantly complain about Python syntax, and ended up quitting abruptly when his hand spun Datomic based system was rejected.
I think there is a trap in thinking that a strange way of being taught puts one at an advantage. It is really annoying to work with people who believe they are more enlightened than others.
That kinda defeats the purpose of why scheme was the language of choice in the first place! The goal was for us to fall in love with programming, not a programming language.
In my working life I've literally never had the chance to program in a functional language...it's been 90% Python for me. And I mostly love it. Though I do remember when first learning Python I was bummed out how limited the Python `lambda` is.
Gosh, I even got to work with the Python BDFL for a couple years. I'm no Scheme zealot!
I think there is a trap in thinking that a strange way of being taught puts one at an advantage. It is really annoying to work with people who believe they are more enlightened than others.