You should bother because of the externalities that aren't captured by capitalism. Also OP never called anyone a poor programmer, he said the language was made

You should bother because of the externalities that aren't captured by capitalism. Also OP never called anyone a poor programmer, he said the language was made FOR poor programmers. Rob Pike, one of the people who came up with golang (and unix) is quoted as saying: > They’re typically, fairly young, fresh out of school, probably learned Java, maybe learned C or C++, probably learned Python. They’re not capable of understanding a brilliant language Dude brought receipts, it doesn't get any clearer than the language creator stating his intent. Just because something is designed for idiots doesn't make you an idiot for using it. In any case, you should probably read https://paulgraham.com/identity.html https://paulgraham.com/identity.html