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There's a number of things at work in these situations, but I people who start out and/or want to work for Docker are highly incentivised to learn Go, and have

There's a number of things at work in these situations, but I people who start out and/or want to work for Docker are highly incentivised to learn Go, and have a Job with Go in the description. In the current job market, if developers want to use a specific language, it is often times a good idea for companies to just go with that language, even if it isn't the perfect fit for the project... And then again, project leads aren't immune to hype either, a new, popular language will be used more, simply through being hip and attractive.

arinlen 4y ago
> And then again, project leads aren't immune to hype either, a new, popular language will be used more, simply through being hip and attractive. Resume-driven development does sound like a key factor, even in the decision by Go advocates in Google that pushed for Kubernetes to be rewritten in Go. But somewhere along the line people are forced to consider technical aspects.