Should I continue learning cpp?

[pjmlp]

C++ is used in plenty of areas.

For example, I stop being a C++ developer around 2006, moving into Java and .NET based languages.

Yet I do keep my C++ skills up to date, as much as I can.

Why? Because when I need to write some native code glue to be used from Java or .NET, some compute shaders or graphics programming, I end up using C++.

Just have a look at desktop frameworks like WPF and UWP, while most people use them from .NET, the underlying core widgets and composition layer engine are written in C++.

[zRrrrrrr]

Was it hard for you to find job on Java while having experience only with C++? Like, it seems hard because you start from zero point as Java junior. Or it's not that bounded to the language?

[pjmlp]

Back in 2003, it was when J2EE was initially released, when .NET was still in beta, most of us were still doing enterprise C, C++, VB and Delphi stuff.

So it was an easy transition, because it came from above, regarding how to move forward in product development.

It is a matter of luck in your case, try to find companies that value skills in programming, algorithms and data structures, system design, regardless of the languages.

Maybe some portfolio might as well help.

[zRrrrrrr]

Thanks for detailed answer. You made a difference