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If I may ask, how should I find Go jobs?

I'm terrible at job hunting and didn't know how to answer when people would ask me how to find Python jobs. There's only one method that has worked consistently for me:

- I met a founder from Lytics (my current mostly-Go job) at a Go meetup.

- I met a couple of the founders from Urban Airship (my previous mostly-Python job) at a Python meetup.

So I guess going to meetups is what works for me, but I don't think that's a general solution. Sorry I can't be more help.

going to meetups is what works for me, but I don't think that's a general solution

Personally I think it's a pretty good solution.

Keyword being "personally." :)

There are lots of people for whom it probably doesn't work. It takes a certain personality, and it really helps to be a white male. Minorities are often treated differently at meetups, so I don't want to presume that my experience in a privileged position applies universally.

Fair point - and yes, it's a pity that minorities are treated differently (although it does work both ways a bit, too[1]).

I suspect those difference also apply in formal interview situations - and maybe even more difficult to overcome there. Maybe meetups have better potential to overcome negative sterotypes because people actually get to know each other a little?

But white male here too, so what do I know.

[1] http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/01/...

Same way you find a job in any field you are interested in. Find some companies that are using it[1], find their job page, apply.

To pick out a few companies hiring, where I use their services so want them to succeed:

https://www.docker.io/jobs/

http://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/listings/

http://www.cloudflare.com/join-our-team

[1] https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/GoUsers (Note that Google isn't on that list. Pretty sure they use it a bit, and are hiring..)

The same way you find any job? If they advertise they use Go, you know they are interested in Go programmers too. If they don't, still put it in the resume?

FWIW we are a Go shop (well, mostly) and are hiring. Check out cbinsights.com/jobs if you're interested.

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