Great things in life need not have steep learning curves. Smalltalk is one of the greatest programming languages ever created (visit https://www.youtube.com/@50yearsofsmalltalk and read https://levelup.gitconnected.com/mmxxii-year-long-celebrations-for-smalltalk-bed82541b7db). It's dead-easy to learn (you can learn the entire syntax within 15 minutes!) and easy to master. And Smalltalk is supremely productive, more than any of the major programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, C#, Go, etc.).