Why do I see so few mentions of Go?

Why do you care how often people talk about it? Go is used extensively, at small companies and large ones. I use Go at work at a tiny company in a small town in the US. It has succeeded in becoming an established part of the web backend tech stacks, although there are probably more companies that don't use it than companies that do... just like any other single piece of technology. Skills are largely transferable, and even if a company you get a job with doesn't use Go, they might be willing to consider it if they hire someone (like you) that might know it.

I'm a heavy Rust user, and I can tell you that Rust is far, far less common than Go at this moment in time. It is also a lot younger. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop enjoying and learning Rust.

Don't use technology just because it's popular. Riding the hype train is a quick way to find yourself all alone. Use a technology because you have found it to be useful in solving problems. Technology for the sake of technology is useless.

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