On the upside, this gives you the ability to be the one that implements and open-sources some of the later heavily-used libraries and to carve a name for yourself in a burgeoning Go community.
This would hopefully lead on to job opportunities down the road.
This is a very good point. Getting in ahead of the curve on up-and-coming open source projects is an excellent way to become an in-demand consultant/freelancer/contractor.
I managed to get in fairly early on Drupal, and it's been a nice source of work over the years.
This would hopefully lead on to job opportunities down the road.