> good luck hiring help for your Go-based startup.
If you're unable or unwilling to become fluent in a new language (especially Go, which isn't that difficult to learn), there is no way I'd hire you to program in any language.
Programming ability is multi-dimensional: not everyone is a top-notch as programming language geek AND an algorist AND an architect/designer AND systems hacker. Nonetheless, a programmer should have some aptitude in each of these areas, even if they shine particularly in only one.
A more eloquent summary of this thesis can be found at:
If you're unable or unwilling to become fluent in a new language (especially Go, which isn't that difficult to learn), there is no way I'd hire you to program in any language.
Programming ability is multi-dimensional: not everyone is a top-notch as programming language geek AND an algorist AND an architect/designer AND systems hacker. Nonetheless, a programmer should have some aptitude in each of these areas, even if they shine particularly in only one.
A more eloquent summary of this thesis can be found at:
https://twitter.com/#!/moonpolysoft/status/19553333429