I am a senior java developer in the cloud/distributed arch/ microservice area.
I’ve touched on golang in the past, but not learnt it in any formal/extensive way.
I see it cropping up in many java/microservice positions, and I’m curious if this is at some point going to overtake java in my area.
The current benchmarks seem to suggest that if autoscaling is key to your services, golang is the way to, well, go.
I looked at the job market and it doesn’t yet seem to have taken over, but I’m curious how this is likely to play out over the next decade and if quakus for example is likely to become more competitive against golang. Interestingly, golang specific roles on average pay less than java ones in my area.
Let me know your thoughts or if you have any good articles / content on the subject.
Speaking primarily as a Go developer, what I see is companies cutting costs, and Java is battle-tested and there’s a tonne of talent out there who know the language. If Java in your area already pays more, I’d say you’ve already got your answer.
Besides which, if Go truly does eat the Java world in the next couple of years (it won’t), the language is still young enough for you to pick it up fairly quickly. Especially with the help of AI.