I think people have an exaggerated expectation about Rust even though it's good at what it does. But if you really want to do low level development, then learn

I think people have an exaggerated expectation about Rust even though it's good at what it does. But if you really want to do low level development, then learn C first along with a good OS theory book and perhaps a compiler engineering and networking book. Those are the three areas (except for embedded programming) that Rust is being used right now.