Why I fear Go

[shammah Zealsham Agwor]

I have been programming since 2016 but I have never really dived deep into any language and haven't got a job with any . I decided to change all that and focus with every soul in me on golang. But I have my fear as every go job I have seen are looking for senior developers. And from what I noticed in big corps and small ones alike ,people writing go there are senior who wants to port existing large scale system to go . I'm afraid I'll never be able to get an entry job with it and all my hard work will be a waste and I'll have to put in such efforts again into another language . Should I still go for it . I've been learning it for months now and I'm scared .

[Saied Seghatoleslami]

You should go for it.  If you think you can, or you think you can't, in both cases you are right.

[Gert]

On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 7:57:23 PM UTC+2, shammah Zealsham Agwor wrote:

I have been programming since 2016 but I have never really dived deep into any language and haven't got a job with any . I decided to change all that and focus with every soul in me on golang. But I have my fear as every go job I have seen are looking for senior developers. And from what I noticed in big corps and small ones alike ,people writing go there are senior who wants to port existing large scale system to go . I'm afraid I'll never be able to get an entry job with it and all my hard work will be a waste and I'll have to put in such efforts again into another language . Should I still go for it . I've been learning it for months now and I'm scared.

The good news is we are lucky to be able to learn new things, the bad news food and shelter cost money. The purpose of any language is to communicate with others that's it, nothing more. So the question always comes down to how long can you survive without food before you can convince others you speak their language. I am in the same boat and yes it sucks nobody can promise you anything but I much rather live a life of hunger then a life of regret.

[Chris Burkert]

Don't be afraid of the term "senior". The process prior to signing a contract is mutual application. The company advertises itself like the candidate advertises himself. Of course companies want the best developers so they attract these with "senior" and other terms. But sometimes you don't get what you want - company and applicant.

Be proud and honest. Be open and listen. What else can a company want?

And even if you get a different job then Go may have tought you some valuable things like simplicity, orthogonality, effectiveness and more. These will help you in many ways even if you don't use Go in the end. So go for it and learn Go!

PS: and then approach the next hard thing in life :-)

Am Sa., 9. Mai 2020 um 19:56 Uhr schrieb shammah Zealsham Agwor <shamma...@gmail.com>:

I have been programming since 2016 but I have never really dived deep into any language and haven't got a job with any . I decided to change all that and focus with every soul in me on golang. But I have my fear as every go job I have seen are looking for senior developers. And from what I noticed in big corps and small ones alike ,people writing go there are senior who wants to port existing large scale system to go . I'm afraid I'll never be able to get an entry job with it and all my hard work will be a waste and I'll have to put in such efforts again into another language . Should I still go for it . I've been learning it for months now and I'm scared .

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[Michael Jones]

I have hired many people over the years, run companies, bought companies, and make VC investment decisions now, which are almost the same task. In every case there is the minimum qualification and the personal magic you bring above or outside that. The desire for "senior" means "skills and experience." It may well be met with skills and magic other than experience, such as passion, intellect, and energy. Your email suggests these, so be sure to bring them to your interviews!

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[Ryan Rank]

My advice: forget the word "Senior." They're looking for a developer with something resembling a track record. Failing that, they'll look for a developer with a good approach to solving the problem the program is designed to solve.

If you want to gain experience, you can contribute to an open source project. Assuming those contributions make it to the product, whatever it may be, you could drop that onto a resume. You can also write a utility to make your job easier. For instance, I'm working on a knockoff of ab. It's a great tool, but I don't like the error reporting. So I'm doing a similar tool that gives error reports that I like and can use better. That's me solving a problem I saw. You can do the same thing. Again, that's something you can add to your profile. Think of it as adding to your real world skills. Real World Skill is typically what a recruiter is looking for when they say 'senior.'

[shammah Zealsham Agwor]

Thanks to everyone that answered. Helped alot . I'm gonna keep focusing on go

[Vitaly Zdanevich]

If you want to get some experience with Go - please reimplement Geeknote https://github.com/jeffkowalski/geeknote - currently written in Python 2.

Currently I have no time for that. I think that this is simple, interesting, useful project. And I will use it :)

[shammah Zealsham Agwor]

Looks like a wonderful challenge,

[Ali Hassan]

Take a chance , someday it you will get reward

[Maksadbek Akhmedov]

Don't be afraid of "senior", just make your best and be responsible what you do and don't be afraid of failure too, failure is just a chance to try one more time.

чт, 14 мая 2020 г. в 19:08, Ali Hassan <alideve...@gmail.com>:

Take a chance , someday it you will get reward

On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 10:57:23 PM UTC+5, shammah Zealsham Agwor wrote:

I have been programming since 2016 but I have never really dived deep into any language and haven't got a job with any . I decided to change all that and focus with every soul in me on golang. But I have my fear as every go job I have seen are looking for senior developers. And from what I noticed in big corps and small ones alike ,people writing go there are senior who wants to port existing large scale system to go . I'm afraid I'll never be able to get an entry job with it and all my hard work will be a waste and I'll have to put in such efforts again into another language . Should I still go for it . I've been learning it for months now and I'm scared .

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