Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers?

Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? by oaiey on Saturday September 19, 2020 @03:14AM (#24525774)

My experience with our C/C++ devs: they do a wide variety of software. From old Windows programs, Embedded firmware with or without operating system, drivers, or extensive Linux based UI programming.

They are hard to replace, are tough problem solvers and deliver code in our toughest environments.

I think all this data/ai focus is nice, but I think hardware is the real deal breaker. Have an eye on Rust in all the regards.

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Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? by rrao84 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:55AM (#24527821)

Do you think Rust will get a leg up on C++ in the near future?

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Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? by treebog on Saturday September 19, 2020 @03:06PM (#24529716)

I think Rust will continue to gain more traction, but it has a looooong way to go to catch up to C++. Regardless, if someday all the jobs are in Rust, you can simply learn Rust and you’ll be good to go. Knowledge of the fundamentals is 10x more valuable than knowledge of some particular flavor-of-the-month language.

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