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Why Should I Learn Go?
We like you already. Asking those smart, tough questions!
Thankfully Jayson wrote a post dedicated to answering this question but here’s the top 5 reasons why you should learn Go:
First Class Concurrency. Translation: handles massive workloads easily
Exceptional Performance. Translation: fast like an F1 car
Simplicity & Familiarity. Translation: easy to learn and use 🙂
Package Manager. Translation: makes your life easy
Proven Track Record. Translation: popular with major companies with over 20,000 Go jobs available
Read Jayson’s post if you want to go deeper and see why these 5 things matter.
Ultimately, Go was created by Google to solve Google-sized problems. This has made it very popular with many companies solving massive scaling challenges. It’s also one of the fastest growing programming languages released in the last ten years.
These factors = great job prospects.
There are 20,000+ job postings listed for Go programmers and their average salary of $100,000 / year.
So if you are looking for something:
That’s easy to learn
With lots of job demand
And can provide generous compensation
Then learning Go is a great option for you to consider.
Here’s what this Golang course covers:
This course, like all Zero To Mastery courses, will aso be constantly updated as the landscape changes.
As the Go ecosystem evolves, this course will also be continually updated with lectures and resources. This will be your go-to place to find the latest Go best practices and resources anytime in the future.
1. GOLANG FUNDAMENTALS - You’ll be introduced to the Golang programming language and its sought-after capabilities, specifically its ease of use as well as its efficient code-compilation and execution.
These are the types of questions that’ll be answered along with lots of demos and exercises for you to practice along the way.
What you’ll learn
Write clean, bug free Go code using best practices
Learn the entire ecosystem of a Go programmer
Build massively concurrent programs that scale with Goroutines and Channels
Master Go programming from fundamentals all the way to advanced concurrency using goroutines, channels, mutexes + more
Learn one of the best programming languages for building performant distributed Microservices
Build a Pixl Art cross platform desktop app (+ add it to your portfolio) that will wow employers
Create a blazing fast GREP tool that uses multiple goroutines to search for a string within files
Have the skills and understanding of Go to confidently apply for Go (Golang) programming jobs
