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I heard through the grapevine that Go was only chosen at Uber to help with hiring.

• stock_toaster 9y ago
  That seems silly. There are far more Java devs out there than Go devs. Also, I would assume Uber probably has hiring problems in general at this point.
  • sidlls 9y ago
    > That seems silly. There are far more Java devs out there than Go devs. I wouldn't underestimate the level of hype-driven development that exists in this area. "Chasing the new shiny" seems like it could be a line item in a resume, these days, sometimes.
  • nailer 9y ago
    There are more good Go devs. A lot of Java programmers are enterprise.
• mvid 9y ago
  I would imagine that node would draw more enthusiasm than Go