You aren't tied to JVM with Clojure, you can target JS too. Outside browsers people are using ClojureScript for mobile apps, web app backends (eg with serverless), and local scripting.
There's also the CLR version that some people are using with Unity for game dev.
But I think JVM has really good prospects, even if the trend is currently favouring JS. Straddling both JS and JVM platforms is a pretty good position for Clojure.
There are great benefits to being able to leverage the JVM and NPM libraries. A lot of it happens indirectly, many libs are available that provide integrations to JVM/JS libs under the hood but present you with a Clojurey interface.
There's also the CLR version that some people are using with Unity for game dev.
But I think JVM has really good prospects, even if the trend is currently favouring JS. Straddling both JS and JVM platforms is a pretty good position for Clojure.
There are great benefits to being able to leverage the JVM and NPM libraries. A lot of it happens indirectly, many libs are available that provide integrations to JVM/JS libs under the hood but present you with a Clojurey interface.