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Maybe my perspective is biased because I work in a very conservative industry, but a large part of C++ jobs in the next 5 years will likely be about maintenance
by seren 11y ago
Maybe my perspective is biased because I work in a very conservative industry, but a large part of C++ jobs in the next 5 years will likely be about maintenance/evolution of massive legacy C++98/C++03 applications. And you won't likely use a lot of C++14 or C++17, while on the other hand the rare Rust project might be a bit more exciting. But if you're primary motivation to learn a new language is to get a job, Cpp is surely a safer bet.
- pcwalton 11y ago> a large part of C++ jobs in the next 5 years will likely be about maintenance/evolution of massive legacy C++98/C++03 applications This is exactly right, and it's been true for many years now. That your old codebase is written in C++ is a totally legitimate reason to use C++.