[lewisinc]

I'd suggest picking something small that you personally want to get started. For me, I wrote Dingus (https://github.com/davidarmstronglewis/dingus), which is really just a simple CLI that reads environment variables from a file and either executes a command with those loaded or drops you into a shell. I was finding myself constantly populating my shell environment with different variables depending on various contexts and figured I would canonicalize the process and learn more about Rust in the process.

I still use the tool today (although I'm still not sure it's the most elegant solution :P), and I've taken that knowledge I picked up in the process for other projects I've since done in Rust.

If I were where you are, I'd do something similar: carve out a simple project that you could complete in a day (or two) in a language you're more familiar with, and try to do it in Rust.

I'd also recommend joining the Rust Discord channel to field any immediate questions you might have (and going to the Forums if there's something more involved you'd like opinions on).

Good luck :)