Mathematica is nothing less than a work of art. I dedicated a fair amount of time to become proficient, but it never solved the use case I had (find derivatives for complicated functions- this was before autodiff was common).
Unfortunately, Wolfram himself has made a number of decisions that greatly limited its applicability and so it will always be niche.
Unfortunately, Wolfram himself has made a number of decisions that greatly limited its applicability and so it will always be niche.