Let me start answering this question with some caveats. In general terms, professional experience does matter, and it matters a lot. However, people tend to confuse “experience” with “exposure,” and that’s where the argument train derails from a sensible standpoint.
C++ is making a comeback. It ranked fourth on the Tiobe Index as the most popular coding language this month after being rated top by 8% of people. That doesn't exactly put it on a par with C or Java or Python at 11-12%, but it does mean that C++ is up there with the favourites- and that it's continuing a run of increasing popularity that began at the start of 2020.
Some time ago, I was looking for a way to trade cryptocurrency at Binance in a semi-automated fashion, where I could outline my trading strategy in a chart.
At the exchange website and application, I could do my technical analysis with the charts, but I couldn’t say: “Hey, I want to either buy or sell, depending on the market movements.”
“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” -John D. Rockefeller.
For a long time, I’ve heard the phrase “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it,” and most of the time it’s never thought further, we just accept it as we have inherited it from our collective wisdom, but I sometimes ask myself if we should just think a bit differently. Maybe it deserves a bit of new polish the time has taken from it.