[iLemming]

It is a point of familiarity. Just because you've been coding in multiple languages before doesn't necessarily make you "a better programmer" (in the sense that you've developed good instincts to quickly mentally parse different pieces of code) - you could have been using programming languages of similar paradigms. It took me a few months of writing Clojure (niche language) to start seeing things in a different light - I also, just like you, used to think that imperative constructs are more readable and easier to reason about. I was wrong.

There's no such thing as a "Go person" or a "Haskell person"; all programming languages are made up. Nobody has "more natural inclination" for coding one way than another. Just get your ass out of the comfort zone, try learning a new (to you) language - give it a heartfelt attempt to use it - that may change your life.

Just to be clear - I'm not saying Haskell is easy, oh no, not at all. I'm just saying that it stops being so intimidating and weird after a while.