> Unless you think Rob Pike is saying that Google is hiring mediocre programmers (hint: he's not), Actually that's exactly what he's saying - although "inexper

> Unless you think Rob Pike is saying that Google is hiring mediocre programmers (hint: he's not), Actually that's exactly what he's saying - although "inexperienced" is probably a better word than mediocre. Golang is the modern blub language. It's really great for large companies and big code bases used by many people who want to get quickly up to speed. A decent, even new, programmer can get up to speed and be very productive in Golang in a matter of weeks. I can go and read the Kubernetes code base, which is huge, and know exactly what's going on pretty quickly, despite the complexities in that codebase like code generation and massive concurrency. A language like Rust on the other hand would take months before someone can be seriously productive in it. That has a very real cost. It's sacrificing short term productivity for the long term benefits. I think for a big company like Google, with so much staff, many inexperienced, and relatively high turnover (lots of people leaving and going constantly), a language like Golang is perfect. At a small hedge fund, where you have maybe a dozen or two lifers, investing in a more strategic language like Haskell, Rust, OCaml, etc. starts to become viable.