> i can't see how they could be more productive an experienced developer in any other current mainstream(ish) language Others mentioned overhead which is a big

> i can't see how they could be more productive an experienced developer in any other current mainstream(ish) language Others mentioned overhead which is a big issue. Because Go is so simple the mental overhead of remembering how to do stuff, edge cases, etc. is much smaller than other languages. Sure, a Go dev and a Java dev can be just as productive in their respective languages. But as somebody who has to switch back and forth between Go, JS/TS, PHP, and Java Go is by far the easiest language to switch back to.