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Is C++ a good language to find a job?

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A first year student here. We had a c++ class in first semester and I enjoyed it. Now in second semester I'm diving deeper into it with learncpp, planning to learn DSA, OOP and OOD in C++ after finish

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A first year student here. We had a c++ class in first semester and I enjoyed it. Now in second semester I'm diving deeper into it with learncpp, planning to learn DSA, OOP and OOD in C++ after finishing it. But, is it a good idea? I know that may sound stupid but I just wanna know if it's gonna be hard to find a job in the future (planning to start searching for work sometime in second semester of second year) since I heard that most new companies don't use C++ and only older ones mainly use it. Another thing I heard is that employers would rather hire an "OK" other language programmer instead of an "OK" C++ programmer because it needs much more precise work or something. So I'm kinda scared I will be just falling behind because I just won't have enough knowledge or experience
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