TIOBE&#x27;s good for trivia, but probably not for picking a specialisation path or choosing which tech to build a project on.<p>When choosing a language to learn, I consider:<p>* what a particular industry or project of significance is using<p>* job availability<p>* compatibility with my existing toolbox<p>* the power&#x2F;fun factor<p>But that&#x27;s far from the whole story, because programming languages are relatively fungible and investing in domain knowledge, people skills, architecture and many other things will bring bigger benefits than learning that brand new programming language!<p>And yet here we are, discussing how Rust will deliver us.