Go is a lot easier to learn than Rust, and there are jobs programming Go available now. This means that you could be working professionally with Go quite soon.

Go is a lot easier to learn than Rust, and there are jobs programming Go available now. This means that you could be working professionally with Go quite soon. Rust is more challenging, and there aren't many jobs available yet. But there is a possibility for Rust to displace C/C++ for certain classes of applications, and that is a very big deal. Also, skill in a more difficult language is a scarce commodity. If Rust does take off and you're one of the relatively few people who understand it well, this would make make you quite valuable.