[sshine]

I would argue that Rust is a great choice for startups exactly because you can find people who will either take a pay cut or work in a hectic environment, just so they can use Rust. Rust has been on top of everyone's "want to learn" list for half a decade, and it feels quite mature.

[lnxg33k1]

Definitely I would not take a pay cut for rust, also for any technology, it’s about solving problems and working on interesting things not really about a language. I’ve also been learning rust in my spare time, and am more and more realising that I spend time solving rust’s problems more than solving the problems of the side project I started

[sshine]

Perhaps the pay cut statement is too hypothethical.

I have only experienced the opposite: That Rust jobs pay well. Also for startups.

[chungus]

I'm surprised to see multiple people mentioning pay cuts. In the Stackoverflow Annual Developer survey[1] I see Rust developers consistently being among the highest paid in the industry.

[1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#top-paying-te...

edit : adding link to all previous years https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey

[sshine]

Yes, Rust jobs pay really well.

I'm mentioning pay cuts because one of the side-effects of joining a startup is that they can be tight on money and will offer early employees shares instead.

I work for a startup and am coding Rust and my salary went up by taking this job.

So I'm only saying this as a general thing; I'm sure a lot of startups where Rust makes a difference (I'm sure a lot of startups would be just as well off with Python), they can probably afford a competitive wage. :-)

[nequo]

Who knows how much they would earn had they not taken that pay cut!

[XorNot]

It's at the top of my "want to learn" list because I want to learn it but I'm definitely not taking a pay cut to do so.

[deterministic]

Nope not even close to being true. I am way more interested in more advanced languages (using dependent types).