I'm someone who wants to write Go 100% of the time at work, and I haven't really found a lot of companies that are doing this. All the cool kids have moved on to Rust. All the legacy code is Python/Ruby/Typescript. There is the niche in the k8s ecosystem, but I've already written all the code I need to integrate with the k8s ecosystem ;) All that's left to do are write 2000 copy-pasted operators for running super legacy apps on OpenShift, it feels like.

But even with that in mind, it's not that hard to find. Whatever tech stack you like, there is a company in every industry hiring software engineers to work with that set of tools. There is just so much software in the world, it's strictly a numbers game. And if there's some industry you like that doesn't have the tech stack you want, why not start your own company? You're reading "startup news" after all ;)

I agree with you about Go. I hate it, but we started it using it at work because it's "easy".

It's also easy to walk across a busy road without checking but it's still a fucking stupid thing to do.

I quite like your 2020 rant. I also quite like Go. I think you make your points quite well even if I don't feel compelled to feel the same way you do after reading them. A detailed, finnicky, nitpicky critique like this makes for good insightful reading.