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Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? by rrao84 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:58AM (#24527841)
Thank you for your insights. A couple of answers talked about Rust - do you have an opinion on this language and its uses?
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Re:Ask HN: Job prospects for pure C and C++ programmers? by rramadass on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:13PM (#24528449)
I know very little about Rust and have quite honestly, not bothered with it at all. It definitely does not have the market penetration of C/C++ and hence not proven itself in the "real world". You can do anything and everything in C/C++(multi-paradigm language). I will get more "bang for my time" by upgrading my skills to C++17/20 from C++98 than i ever will studying Rust.

From a current industry/job pov, i think the following are the most important ones; C/C++, Python, Java, SQL, Javascript and C# (from MS ecosystem). They allow you to tackle different possible domains.

Also given the prevalence of distributed systems; Erlang/Elixir are good to learn.

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