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by mayormcheeseman 1461 days ago
I really want to learn Rust, but I just don't have enough time in the day to commit to learning it if I'm not going to be able to find a job with it that doesn't involve blockchain or cryptocurrencies.

Can anyone tell me how the general Rust job market looks for you guys outside of things like Indeed?

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I think it's a silent market at this point. The company I'm at is using it, and anecdotally, many other companies are as well in small greenfield projects, so I anticipate there will be growing demand for developers that know rust in coming years. The downside of this is that there will be a massive influx of people learning rust, similar to "the python problem". At the moment, most people that know rust are for the most part competent with it, but I fear that may change as the supply side increases.
Not a big job market for sure, but for example the car industry on Germany is ramping up quite a bit!
If you can hold your nose and work for a hyperscaler there's plenty of rust work to go around.