[tannk11001]

We're finally starting to see some exciting substitutes for C++ in general systems programming, and increasingly many embedded devices are able to support runtimes that are more tolerant of faults and inefficiencies.

So even with it's innovations, C++ will probably eventually fall out use over the course of your career. But spending a few years focusing on it will give you a tremendous amount of foundational knowledge and shouldn't hurt your ability of step into something else as it comes up.

If you want to do systems programming or other high performance work, it's probably your best bet, even while you keep an eye on some of the technologies that are competing for the same space.