There aren’t “sides” here, per se, just different workflows and options. Maya may be better for getting a job, but Blender may have a better workflow for you. Because they’re not mutually exclusive, or even really competing, both of these statements can be true. Especially professionally - there aren’t “blender artists “ or “maya artists”, there’s “animators” and “modelers” and “riggers” in the professional world. Sozap- a industry professional here - wrote a really good post about the dangers of thinking of yourself as a “Blender artist”, if I can find it I’ll link it.
Here it is: