I think people gave Go a lot of credit just because it gets a lot done, especially comparatively to the time taken to learn it, and the stuff you come up with c

I think people gave Go a lot of credit just because it gets a lot done, especially comparatively to the time taken to learn it, and the stuff you come up with can very well be used in production because you made it robust thanks to the excellent built-in testing and profiling tools. What's interesting with go is that if you can program, you already know it; all your time is spent building stuff, not learning the language. And when it comes to building stuff, Go is just straightforward.