I know plenty of senior C++ devs who would love to use Rust professionally. Maybe most Rust jobs simply fill easily internally and don’t get reach the public?
Which validates the authors point - it can be hard to find or get a job writing rust. Much more so than other languages. Even if there technically are jobs around, just knowing rust wont help that much in obtaining one.
Perhaps but it’s also a subtle but important distinction between “there are no Rust jobs” and “there are no open Rust jobs”. The former implies it’s a dead end skill set while the latter implies potential openings in the future. It may just be one of those things where you need to keep your ears open for openings and jump on one when you see it. Personally I think Rust is just getting started and there will be a ton of job opening’s, just maybe not for a little while longer.
I know plenty of senior C++ devs who would love to use Rust professionally. Maybe most Rust jobs simply fill easily internally and don’t get reach the public?
That’s my guess. All the openings are being filled internally and never even make it to public listings.
Which validates the authors point - it can be hard to find or get a job writing rust. Much more so than other languages. Even if there technically are jobs around, just knowing rust wont help that much in obtaining one.
Perhaps but it’s also a subtle but important distinction between “there are no Rust jobs” and “there are no open Rust jobs”. The former implies it’s a dead end skill set while the latter implies potential openings in the future. It may just be one of those things where you need to keep your ears open for openings and jump on one when you see it. Personally I think Rust is just getting started and there will be a ton of job opening’s, just maybe not for a little while longer.