Ask HN: C++ Dev Jobs Are Rare, Aren't They?

Re:Ask HN: C++ Dev Jobs Are Rare, Aren't They? by jki275 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:12AM (#23859156)

I suspect it's because HR doesn't know the difference.

It is easier to learn C++ if you know C, but it's a good point, they're not the same languages, and have diverged greatly over the years.

I would understand that back in the days of C++98, but C++11 and newer are really very different languages. Proficiency in the earlier language specs doesn't guarantee any such in the newer specs -- as I learned when I came back to dev work in C++ and had to update my skills quite a bit working in C++11 (I learned C++98 long ago and had worked exclusively in that for quite a while).

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Re:Ask HN: C++ Dev Jobs Are Rare, Aren't They? by dhosek on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:27PM (#23860585)

I remember in grad school in 2005/2006, I decided to write a little program in C++ which I hadn't touched since the 90s. The language had evolved enough that I found it to be enough of a challenge that I ended up writing the program in Perl instead.

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Re:Ask HN: C++ Dev Jobs Are Rare, Aren't They? by jki275 on Monday July 20, 2020 @12:33PM (#23899438)

Even as a C++ type I still shudder when I see Perl.

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