The more difficult the tools he knows (and in the case of Matlab, you actually need to know math to make real use of it), the less competition there is. For C/

The more difficult the tools he knows (and in the case of Matlab, you actually need to know math to make real use of it), the less competition there is. For C/C++, at the very least he can look into Embedded Systems, where you do need to know C/C++.