Introduction
Learning a new programming language can be difficult sometimes. You may have reasons not to, possibly you're comfortable where you're at, or you may even just be a complete beginner! Whatever the case, you should (most likely) be a Gopher by the end of this post.
Simplicity
One of the key aspects of Go is its simplicity. It's easy to read, write, and maintain. This is actually often one of the main motivators for learning the language. If you have experience with another programming language, then you should be able to easily pick up Go, as there is not much that is going to surprise you.
Performance
Yes, you read it correctly. Go is both simple and fast. This performance spreads over a lot, so let's start with the compile time. The compilation time is actually extremely quick, often only taking seconds! Go has even been able to top languages such as Java in terms of speed. Don't believe me? Take an example instead. As you can see here - Go tops Java in the majority of benchmarks.
Job Opportunities
Jobs. Yes, jobs. Due to the simplicity and performance benefits, many companies have been adopting Go. So if you dream about working at a big company such as Google, Microsoft, or Facebook, then Go is most definitely a good choice. Even if not, there are plenty of smaller companies using Go as well. To support this, there are multiple websites dedicated to jobs just for Go! The top ones are golangprojects, golang.cafe, and welovego.
Conclusion
To conclude, those were a few (of the very many) reasons you might want to learn Go. I hope this was helpful to you, and if you have any feedback or critiques then feel free to drop a comment!
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