Learn Go Or Improve My Python/Ruby Knowledge [closed]

Question

I was reading about Go, and I can see that it's very good and can be a language used by many developers in some months, but I want to decide a simple thing: Learn Go or improve my Python or Ruby knowledge?

Years developing with Python: 1
Years developing with Ruby: 0.3

Answer 1

If you're just looking to have fun and expand your horizons, then I'd learn Go, since you already know some Python.

If you're looking to improve as a developer, I'd personally recommend working on an actual project (using Python, as it's the language you have the most experience with):

• This will take your (Python and general) programming skills to a whole new level
• If you choose an interesting project, for example a semi-popular open source project, you'll even have some concrete result to show for your extra work. This will help your resume, help you meet other people interested in programming, etc.

I personally believe that spending the time you would have spent learning a new language by coding actual things you can use, is usually a net win (unless of course, like I said, you're just doing it for some fun recreation or relaxation).