I think you have the right idea already, so it just depends on what you want. I believe that learning Rust has made me a better programmer because I am now expl

I think you have the right idea already, so it just depends on what you want. I believe that learning Rust has made me a better programmer because I am now explicitly thinking about ownership rules and references no matter what language I'm using. Types and memory allocation are also more explicit in Rust than in Go, adding to learning aspect. I don't think learning Go has made me a better programmer. It was just another pretty standard language. But I already knew a range of other compiled languages previously and Go wasn't sufficiently different. Like you said, for "getting things done" that is not low-level, systems, or game programming, Go is the more reasonable choice. It's more straightforward, faster to iterate in, usually more concise, has easy concurrency primitives, and is more widely adopted in the industry. TLDR; I'd go for Rust if you want to optimize for learning and Go otherwise.