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I've been using golang for the past 3 years almost exclusively for very high traffic applications. I still maintain applications I wrote in the past in differen
by dougbarrett 11y ago
I've been using golang for the past 3 years almost exclusively for very high traffic applications. I still maintain applications I wrote in the past in different languages, but any new application uses go on the backend if I get the final say on it.
People have been complaining about generics ever since I've began following golang, and people say that it'll never stick around and never find it's following in enterprise, but every month I see another large company launching a product written in go, or rewriting an existing product using go which saved them time and hardware resources or get job offers from recruiters specifically looking for golang devs.
Don't be afraid that you've drank the kool aid too early, I've been banking my career on it and the longevity of it and have had no regrets.
- kasey_junk 11y agoIf you've only been doing something for 3 years you haven't been banking any longevity or career on it. I don't have any opinion on the long term viability of go vs other languages, but "amount of jobs available" is certainly one of the weaknesses of go vs something like java. Which easily scales to the same levels of go.
- dougbarrett 11y agoIf I work on projects for clients, golang is used as the backend of the project after I explain the benefits of the language and process I use as I'm able to get the job done quicker, that's all I mean by that.