<story><title>Yes, I am still learning Rust</title><url>https://llogiq.github.io/2020/03/07/learning.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wyldfire</author><text>&amp;gt; So, yes, I am still learning Rust.&lt;p&gt;I have always been very cautious about how much I tout my skill with C++.  Sure, I know a bunch.  Probably a good bit more than the average bear.  But the scope of C++ is enormous (even if you stop at C++03 there is a lot to know).  And with new language standards it keeps growing.&lt;p&gt;Despite ~two decades of experience, I list my skill level with C++ as &amp;quot;intermediate&amp;quot; because &amp;quot;expert&amp;quot; paints a bullseye on your forehead.  I could imagine tons of C++ questions that I could not answer off the top of my head.  Those probably disqualify me as an expert and would involve a lot of embarrassing backpedaling in an interview.&lt;p&gt;I wonder how many times my resume was discarded because they needed someone with more than &amp;quot;intermediate&amp;quot; level experience with C++?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>aidenn0</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t remember which talk it was, but it was comparing an okay dev to a good dev; There was a slide where the &amp;quot;okay&amp;quot; dev rated their C++ knowledge as a 8 or 9, the &amp;quot;good&amp;quot; dev rating it as a 5 or a 6 and Bjarne Stroustrup rating it as a 7.&lt;p&gt;[edit]&lt;p&gt;Some googling later: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.slideshare.net&amp;#x2F;olvemaudal&amp;#x2F;deep-c&amp;#x2F;255&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.slideshare.net&amp;#x2F;olvemaudal&amp;#x2F;deep-c&amp;#x2F;255&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Yes, I am still learning Rust</title><url>https://llogiq.github.io/2020/03/07/learning.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wyldfire</author><text>&amp;gt; So, yes, I am still learning Rust.&lt;p&gt;I have always been very cautious about how much I tout my skill with C++.  Sure, I know a bunch.  Probably a good bit more than the average bear.  But the scope of C++ is enormous (even if you stop at C++03 there is a lot to know).  And with new language standards it keeps growing.&lt;p&gt;Despite ~two decades of experience, I list my skill level with C++ as &amp;quot;intermediate&amp;quot; because &amp;quot;expert&amp;quot; paints a bullseye on your forehead.  I could imagine tons of C++ questions that I could not answer off the top of my head.  Those probably disqualify me as an expert and would involve a lot of embarrassing backpedaling in an interview.&lt;p&gt;I wonder how many times my resume was discarded because they needed someone with more than &amp;quot;intermediate&amp;quot; level experience with C++?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jerf</author><text>&amp;quot;I wonder how many times my resume was discarded because they needed someone with more than &amp;quot;intermediate&amp;quot; level experience with C++?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t be afraid to write &amp;quot;expert&amp;quot; with an ∗ with an explanation. You pass the initial screen and anyone hiring an &amp;quot;expert C++ programmer&amp;quot; who won&amp;#x27;t understand that caveat you gave just there is probably someone you don&amp;#x27;t want to work for anyhow....</text></comment>