If you're interested in: -Embedded/cyber-physical systems software (firmware dev) -Driver development (applies to Win/macOS/UNIX/iOS/Android) -Contributing t

If you're interested in: -Embedded/cyber-physical systems software (firmware dev) -Driver development (applies to Win/macOS/UNIX/iOS/Android) -Contributing to the Linux kernel/OS dev in general -Contributing to many large OSS projects (Apache, ffmpeg) -Exploit/malware dev/reverse engineering -Emulator development you'd need to learn C.