Having thought about this myself; the main thing I would note is that I am seeing more and more companies start to write things in rust. It seems on a definite

Having thought about this myself; the main thing I would note is that I am seeing more and more companies start to write things in rust. It seems on a definite uptrend. So there is quite possibly work for you in the field, especially since its emerging, you could be in early. Having said that golang is also on the up and up and probably currently there is more work I would guess; but obviously also more competition. Lastly; to the average person like myself who is half-sysadmin half-developer (I'm not a software engineer, but I can read and write many languages "well enough") -- Rust is definitely more complex from my small amount of playing both in Syntax and basic things you need to do to "get started" -- I am sure these would evaporate quickly once you actually learn it properly early on but if you have little other language experience you may struggle with it a little as a 'first' language. Where-as go feels a little more script-like and a little easier to "bounce off the walls" in early learning. So; is it worth learning? IMHO, yes. Is it the best choice? That may depend a little on your previous programming experience and what job market you are in (for example probably easier to find an onsite job doing rust in Los Angeles, USA than Perth, Australia)