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Is it worth learning CPP for exploit development?

Hello. I know some of you guys are tired of this type of "is it worth" questions, but I genuinely need advice.

So, I'm a front-end developer with 5 years of experience. this is my main job,

I also know basic C#. the thing is, I never worked on low level programming, but I always had this thing in my mind to learn C++ and write some exploit.

why? to shift towards cybersecurity and who knows maybe finding a zero day and getting loads of money out of it,

The thing is, Rust is becoming more and more popular, essentially a cult. GNU tools are getting rewritten in Rust and at this point I doubt myself.

what if I put time to learn C++ and learn exploit development only to see the code base of software around the world became memory safe?

That's not even the only issue, as for example, companies like Apple implementing MIE (Memory Integrity Enforcement) to prevent memory unsafe operations.

Should I learn C++ or the age of writing exploits and zero days is over as an individual? (of course these jobs will be available in government intelligence sectors)

I remember reading about "CVE-2024-6387" on SSH, and I was thrilled about back in the day.

So, should I learn it? since C++ also makes you to learn how memory and pointers and stuffs works

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