Be aware that C++ is the organ of programming languages. There are many jobs that require this complex of a tool, but there are many jobs that do not. I went B

Be aware that C++ is the organ of programming languages. There are many jobs that require this complex of a tool, but there are many jobs that do not. I went BASIC -> C++ -> Java -> Python (some years ago) while learning programming. Learning memory management fundamentals in an unmanaged language felt enormously helpful in recognizing the bigger picture in later managed languages. ... But! It wasn't required. Advice: Know what language(s) your target job market (there's a lot of programming) uses, and spend more time / practice on those. Most hiring folks don't know enough to evaluate language knowledge from a theoretically similar perspective.