[kevstev]

I did low level C/C++ stuff in the algo trading world until 2014, and since then have done a plethora of other things from node.js for a BIG e-commerce player, python, cloud architecture, SRE type stuff, etc... and every single job has been an absolute cakewalk compared to fighting against the various footguns and headaches C++ has to offer. No more fighting huge object hierarchies and having to put in hacks because making a change to the base class would require half the company to recompile, no more migraines from template compiler errors vomiting out on my screen, debugging template metaprograms, memory leaks, "oh crap this copy constructor doesn't do what I assumed it would do " type errors, "I have to read 10 different files worth of code to track down whether this legacy library is going to delete the object for me or I have to do it myself" headaches, dealing with huge build times, etc... I could go on.

C++ is essentially 4 different languages rolled into one (C, C with classes/OOP, templates, template metaprogramming), and while I am sure greenfield entirely modern C++ projects exist and are a bit nicer to deal with, they are unicorns for most devs out there using the language daily.