Maybe my perspective is biased because I work in a very conservative industry, but a large part of C++ jobs in the next 5 years will likely be about maintenance&#x2F;evolution of massive legacy C++98&#x2F;C++03 applications. And you won&#x27;t likely use a lot of C++14 or C++17, while on the other hand the rare Rust project might be a bit more exciting. But if you&#x27;re primary motivation to learn a new language is to get a job, Cpp is surely a safer bet.