One perspective could be that Rust is the more interesting talking point, even if you don't work on it in the job you are actually applying for. But if you pure

One perspective could be that Rust is the more interesting talking point, even if you don't work on it in the job you are actually applying for. But if you purely want to get a job in one or the other, Go is currently much more widely used. I have hopes that this year will see a large jump in industry adoption of Rust, but that still remains to be seen. But as others have said - pick the one you think you'd enjoy the most. Learning anything is good. And why not try a bit of both? (Spoken as a contributor to the Rust ecosystem)