[FungalRaincloud]

I don't know about others, but I personally have always seen Go as an internal language for Google. This made me feel like it was appropriate for projects that I personally control, but unlikely to be useful in a career. That's really just a feeling, though, and I recognize that if everyone felt like I do, it would make Go a niche language that was actually probably pretty lucrative to know. So I wouldn't say I'm put off by it, so much as the balance of factors hasn't tipped in favor of learning it yet.

[laumars]

I can't speak for your location but I've found no shortage of companies choosing Go in London; from fintec through to online games. So it's definitely not a niche language used only by Google.

I can understand other people's complaints about the language though.

[FungalRaincloud]

Like I said, it's the belief that it's a niche language that's kind of making it a niche language - that is, fewer people know it (because of the perceived niche-ness), but more people want it, meaning the pay is good. I'm not at all surprised to hear there are quite a few shops using it.

Granted, in my area, there are exactly none, but I don't live in the best location for the use of modern tool/language/technology stacks. If I were to move an hour or two north, I'd probably find many.