You're not too dumb! You can do anything you set your mind to :) I totally understand not wanting to dive into something like Haskell though. Between Go and Py

You're not too dumb! You can do anything you set your mind to :) I totally understand not wanting to dive into something like Haskell though. Between Go and Python, I personally would choose Go for a long term commitment. I think the language is simple yet beautiful, has a robust standard library, and performs really well. Python can be learned super quickly though, and being able to whip up a script is useful (you can 'import' seemingly anything). I'd say it's worth sprinkling in a little Python on the side.