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I really don't think so in this case.

"Software engineer who loves building fancy and unuseful things for the sake of freestyle."

It's the exact opposite. We former J2EE developers found Go to be a safe haven. I don't know where this is coming from.

I figure that Go is to C what Java was to C++. Between that and Go's background as a big company tool designed for big company work, the tendency towards Javafication should come as no surprise.