Why has Go become a Software Programming Language of choice for many Technology Startups & Scaleups?

As a Recruiter who has placed a variety of Software Engineers, I've often found it crucial to analyze and understand industry trends within the skills & technologies where I conduct my recruitment activities. This intel and understanding is usually key to being able to intimately understand the needs and pain points of the clients & candidates I engage with, allowing me to offer maximum value via the partnerships I form. ?

Over the last few years, when speaking to many industry contacts Go / Golang has become more and more popular as a language of choice for many companies embarking on a new software engineering project, with HankerRank citing a 301% increase in employer demand in 2023 alone, with this in mind my question has been what are the unique benefits relative to other programming languages, making it a language of choice for many Startups and Scaleups.

When conducting my analysis/research three prominent points stood out to me: ?

Deployment:

Relative to alternatives deploying applications written in Go can be a breeze, due to its integration with Google's infrastructure and development tools with clear documentation, and a vibrant community of developers making it a popular language among AI startups for example who want to integrate with a Google AI technology stack.

Speed:

Golang outperforms many other languages making it a speed demon in the world of programming languages, a real benefit to companies in the FinTech space looking for a cutting-edge and faster alternative to other traditionally used interoperated languages such as Java or Python.

Scalability & Efficiency:

High concurrency & efficient memory management means that when building enterprise-level systems that process large amounts of data, Go is often more efficient than many alternative programming languages making it very advantageous when being used to build applications which incorporate AI and Machine Learning for example which have huge data processing requirements.

Conclusion:

Based on my research Go is a very advantageous language choice to Startups and Scaleups, whose software applications process large amounts of data. With the huge growth and investment into the AI/ML space over the last few years with many of the applications within this domain having a requirement to handle large amounts of data efficiently and at speed, Go has often become a language of choice, likely accounting for the spike in popularity. That’s not to neglect various other Startups and Scaleups that are also developing software applications that require the efficient processing of large amounts of data at speed and scale for example in Fintech, Media/video, and more.

I'm currently looking for multiple talented Software Engineers for positions using Go, if you are experienced with the language and are considering a new role, please feel free to contact me for a confidential chat. Subsequently if you are a Software Engineer considering learning a new programming language in 2024, I'd highly recommend Go as the market for job opportunities is plentiful.

Thank you!