> I think Rust developers are in an interesting position right now that they're not as abundant as other developers, since Rust is probably still in "early adop

> I think Rust developers are in an interesting position right now that they're not as abundant as other developers, since Rust is probably still in "early adoption" stage. So they can use that as leverage in salary negotiations, maybe? But it also comes at a cost of a much smaller job market for them, too. No, you are viewing that from a technological perspective - what you assume only holds if "Rust" was a requirement. If staffing a project is much harder (and maybe more expensive) when using Rust as language, then Rust will not be chosen if C++ is an option.