Scheme worth it?

Essentially what the subject says

Is it worth it?

I can see the idea behind the concept of homoiconicity, but really, wouldn't it be a waste of time for a seasoned programmer to learn to use it?

I tried to watch the MIT lectures, but they were godawfully boring

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Codemonkey's use .NET, Java, and web languages.
Academia use shit like Scheme, Lisp, Haskell
Real programmers use whatever the fuck they need to to best get the job done.