I've been thinking about this sentence from the Go User Survey Reduce a perception of elitism, especially for newcomers to Go (e.g., "less dismissiveness", "Less defensiveness and hubris")
Show this thread
I think the elitism primarily comes from the pedigree of the language. Go was designed by distinguished engineers -- programming elites -- so using Go puts you in an elite club. It also makes you defensive about the language's design choices: they were made by smart people!
